SETTING
Louisiana
He is the murder victim.
Mr. Grope
In this part of the plot, we learn who the characters are and where the story takes place
The exposition
What geographical features separate people in Bayonne?
St. Charles River
Railroad Tracks
Uptown and Back of Town
Antebellum
"before the war"
For no points, Bonus: which war?
Think--Link
Automobile
Sun
Car
Star
In which decade is A Lesson Before Dying set?
1940's
Lives in an antebellum mansion, up the hill from the quarter.
Mr. Henry Pichot
Why has Jefferson never dialed a phone?
Poverty. He lives in the quarter which is very poor and very rural.
In the beginning of the novel Jefferson is forced to deal with the inevitability of his death. This is the introduction of what theme in the novel?
Death is inevitable.
The narrator refers to Miss Emma and Tante Lou as large rocks to show that they are...
"Resolute", "Immovable, or Stubborn
Thinkit--Linkit
Remember
5 Door
Flashback
Hatchback
What is the name of the fictional town Gaines created in his novel?
Bayonne
The aunt of the narrator.
Tante Lou
What is a motif that the reader encounters in Henri Pichot's kitchen?
(Hint: Inez serves it.)
Alcohol
What level of students does Grant teach?
Primer to 6th grade
Where does Grant teach, and what does it lack?
Church, and it lacks desks.
Thinkitus--Linkitus
Found
Reveal
Discover
Uncover
Grant Wiggins, the narrator, grew up on whose plantation?
Henri Pichot's
Like her brother, also grew up in the antebellum mansion on the plantation.
Edna Guidry
In a word, why can't Vivian and Grant leave?
Commitment
Why didn't Grant go to Jefferson's trial
He knew what the outcome would be.
Sharecroppers (tenant farmers who give a part of each crop as rent) live here, 13 miles out of Bayonne.
The Quarter
Think-it--Link-It
Open
Distant
Ajar
Afar
What does the Pichot plantation grow?
Cane Sugar
What is Grant's girlfriend's name and what does that name symbolize?
Vivian Baptiste, life, new life, the future
The ending of a plot line is called this.
Resolution
Irene Cole
Synonym of Separated
Segregated
Thinkitus--Linkitus
Smog
Answer
Pollution
Solution