Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Lesson Before Dying? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What is the most powerful determiner of social status in the novel?
Race
Education
Money
Singing Abilities
Q. What does Reverend Ambrose think is the most important thing for Jefferson now?
Saving his soul
Learning to read and write
Improving his mathematics skills
Throwing him a birthday party
Q. Which of these best describes Grant's attitude towards education?
Hopeless
Enthusiastic
Sleepy
Progressive
Q. What is Grant's mission?
To make Jefferson into a man
To assassinate Hitler
To find Miss Emma a husband
To discover who his real parents are
Q. What does the superintendent suggest the children sell in order to make money to buy toothbrushes?
Pecans
Roasted peanuts
Their teeth
Hairbrushes