A Lesson before Dying Questions and Answers
What is the main idea/moral/theme of A Lesson Before Dying?
In A Lesson Before Dying, why is Grant Wiggins initially reluctant to help Jefferson?
What was life like in 1940s Louisiana, including temperature, humidity, housing, etc.?
In A Lesson Before Dying, why does Grant refuse to sit down or take any supper while he is waiting for Henry Pichot?
What is Mr. Antoine's perspective on life for his students?
What definition of manhood or humanity does A Lesson Before Dying provide?
In the story A Lesson Before Dying, why does Grant say that Jefferson is already dead?
What is Jefferson's last name?
What are three literary devices that developed the theme of A Lesson Before Dying?
How does the setting affect the plot of A Lesson Before Dying?
When and where does A Lesson Before Dying take place?
During Jefferson’s trial, the defense attorney says, “Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.” Discuss the ways in which the attorney’s statement echoes throughout A Lesson Before Dying.
Explain Jefferson's transformation from beginning to end while focusing on the central theme in A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines.
Who is the narrator and what is the point-of-view of the novel A Lesson Before Dying?
What does Grant say that angers his lover in A Lesson Before Dying?
In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, analyze how one literary element helps to develop the text's central idea.
What is Miss Emma's pain and primary concern regarding the use of the word "hog" in A Lesson Before Dying?
Describe the first visit to see Jefferson in jail in the book A Lesson Before Dying.
How does the author of A Lesson Before Dying immediately set the novel's tone with the opening sentence?
Describe Matthew Antoine, Sheriff Guidry, Paul, Henri Pichot and Mr. Joseph Morgan from A Lesson Before Dying.
Discuss the significance of Jefferson’s last words in A Lesson Before Dying.
Why does Reverend Ambrose call Grant uneducated?
In A Lesson Before Dying, why do they compare Jefferson to Jesus?
Based on chapters 4 and 15 of Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying, what was the cause of conflict between Vivian and her family over her marriage? What caused the conflict between Vivian and Tante Lou over her relationship with Grant?
In A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, what is the author's message about life throughout the book?
In Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying, what was Grant and Miss Emma's first visit like to see Jefferson in jail?
What rhetorical devices does Grant use, in chapter six, while trying to get the sheriff to allow him to visit Jefferson in prison?
Describe how Bayonne is segregated in A Lesson Before Dying.
As Grant waits to hear about Jefferson's execution what appears as a sign that he can say goodbye?
What is the main theme of Ernest J. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying?
What does A Lesson before Dying show the reader about the human experience, and what does the lesson say about humanity?
Who is Inez?
What does Grant want to do for Vivian and her kids?
Compare Rev. Ambrose and Grant's approach to helping Jefferson. What did they disagree about? How did each man defend his beliefs?
What human conditions are presented in A Lesson Before Dying?
For the character Jefferson in A Lesson before Dying, how does what he knows about the world impact his views about himself and other characters?
In A Lesson Before Dying, how does Jefferson's relationship with other people or groups or society help him realize something about himself?
In A Lesson Before Dying, why is Miss Emma willing to prostrate herself in the presence of Henri Pichot?
Why does Grant become a teacher? What are some of the paradoxes of his position as a teacher?
What is the setting in A Lesson Before Dying?
Who comes to visit Grant on Sunday in A Lesson before Dying?
Explain why Grant refused to eat anything at Pichot's house when he was starving during his 2.5 hour wait to talk to them.
How important is setting to the central theme of A Lesson Before Dying?
What are three examples of segregation in chapters 1-7 of A Lesson Before Dying?
I need a quotation from Chapter 30 or 31 in A Lesson Before Dying.
A Lesson before Dying: Themes what are the themes in a lesson before dying.
In "A Lesson Before Dying" what happen that would go under betrayal? In the themes of being treated differently because of skin color and being accused of murder who was betrayed?
Why do Reverend Ambrose and Grant need to help Jefferson "die with dignity"?
Would you say that both Grant and Jefferson were both teachers that taught a lesson and students that learned lessons in A Lesson Before Dying?
Why does Emma hit Jefferson during her visit to his cell?
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