As the novel ends, to where are the characters going?
List and describe the characters in the book.
Grade 10
A Lesson Before Dying
Study Guide
Chapter 1
What is the name of the defendant?
For what crime is the defendant on trial?
Who is Miss Emma?
What is the verdict?
What is his sentence?
Chapter 2
Who is the narrator?
What is the narrator's ethnic background?
Why does the ethnic background of Jefferson and the
narrator matter?
Who is Tante Lou?
Where does Tante Lou want Grant to go?
Chapter 3
What is Grant's occupation?
What favor does Miss Emma ask of Mr. Pichot?
How does Mr. Pichot treat Miss Emma during the
visit?
Chapter 4
Where does Grant go to dinner in Bayonne?
Who does Grant call on the phone?
What reasons does Grant give Vivian for wanting to
leave?
What do we learn about Vivian's past?
What reason does Grant give Vivian for having to
visit Jefferson in jail?
Where do Grant and Vivian sometimes visit on
weekends?
Chapter 5
The church is the meeting place for what?
Why does the school only meet for five and a half
months?
Why does Grant go into so much detail about how
Jefferson will be killed?
What message does Mr. Farrell give Grant?
Chapter 6
Where does Grant go?
Where and for how long does Grant wait before he
gets to see the men?
How does Grant act that is insulting to the white
men?
What decision does Sam Guidry make in reference to
Grant's request?
Chapter 7
What two things happen during the weeks before
Grant visited Jefferson in jail?
Describe the Superintendent that visits the school.
What types of question does Dr. Joseph ask the
children in the school?
When Dr. Joseph checks the children's teeth, of
what does it remind Grant?
What request does Grant make at the end of the
chapter?
Chapter 8
What job do the older boys in the school have?
What does Grant remember about the boys from his
school days?
Who is Matthew Antoine?
What is the one thing Grant says he could teach
them?
Describe how Grant feels when he goes to visit Mr.
Antoine.
What is Mr. Antoine's last piece of advice for
Grant?
Chapter 9
Where is Grant taking Miss Emma?
How does Grant feel about this trip?
What does Miss Emma bring for Jefferson?
What instruction does Paul, the deputy, give Grant?
What are Jefferson's first words to his aunt?
What question does Jefferson have for his aunt?
Chapter 10
Chapter ten marks what visit with Jefferson?
Why is this visit different than the others?
How does Grant feel about this visit?
Chapter 11
Jefferson constantly compares himself to what
animal?
What important questions does Grant ask Jefferson?
What lie is Grant going to tell to Miss Emma?
Chapter 12
Why doesn't Grant want to go back to see Miss Emma?
What event does Grant vividly remember after he
sees the men reenact the play of Jackie Robinson?
What reason does Vivian give Grant for his not
wanting to leave?
Chapter 13
Why doesn't Grant go to church?
What day does he remember?
During the flashback, who is at Miss Emma's house
with Tante Lou?
Why are they waiting on Grant?
What response does Grant give them about Jefferson?
About what does Reverend Ambrose want to know?
Where are Grant's parents?
Who shows up at Grant's house?
Chapter 14
Where do Grant and Vivian take their walk?
What do Grant and Vivian discuss at the end of the
chapter?
Chapter 15
How does Vivian feel about meeting Tante Lou?
From where is Vivian?
What type of questions does Tante Lou ask Vivian?
What compliments do Miss Eloise and Tante Lou give
Vivian?
Chapter 16
What are the children doing at the beginning of
this chapter?
Who does Grant remind them to think of during the
Christmas season?
What does one of the students come back to tell
him?
What does Miss Emma say happened at the jail?
How much time passes before Grant hears the full
story of what happened?
Reverend Ambrose tells Jefferson to do what?
Why does Jefferson ask for the food he does?
Tante Lou and Miss Emma tell Grant he is going to
do what?
Chapter 17
What change does Grant feel at the beginning of the
chapter?
Describe Paul Bonin. How is he different from the
other white people who work at the prison?
What questions does Guidry ask that Grant doesn't
know anything about?
What does Miss Emma ask the sheriff's wife?
Chapter 18
Why do you think Jefferson insists that he is not
"youman?"
About what does Jefferson want to talk to Grant?
How does Grant avoid the conversation?
Why does Vivian want Jefferson to make his own
decision regarding Jefferson?
Chapter 19
What event is happening at Grant's school?
What prayers does the minister say before the play
begins?
For whom is the single gift? What is the gift?
Why does Grant think things are not changing?
Chapter 20
What news does Farrell bring Grant? What do they
want him to do?
Describe Pichot's front room. How might this
indicate change?
What is the date set for the execution? Why might
this be significant according to the conversation held between Grant and
Jefferson in chapter 18?
Chapter 21
Who comes to see Grant? Where do they go?
How does Irene and Tante Lou feel about Vivian's
visit?
Who does Vivian think is in love with Grant?
What does Vivian tell Miss Emma?
What does Grant say the black women hope for every
time a male child is born?
Who does Grant say can break the cycle?
Chapter 22
Why is Paul concerned that Grant will be alone with
Jefferson?
What news does Grant tell Jefferson?
Where does Grant get the money to buy the radio?
100. What is Vivian's attitude toward giving Grant
the ten dollars?
Chapter 23
100. Why does Jefferson refuse to leave his cell?
Why does the sheriff ask if he needs to take away
the radio?
Why does the Reverend think Jefferson should not
have the radio?
Why does Grant think Jefferson needs the radio?
What does Jefferson say at the end of the chapter
that makes Grant smile?
Chapter 24
Where do the minister, Tante Lou, and Miss Emma
wait for Grant?
Why does no one else begin to eat when Grant does?
Instead of sitting at the table the entire time,
what do Grant and Jefferson do?
According to Grant, who is and is not a hero?
According to Grant, what is a myth?
How does Jefferson react to Grant's pleas?
Chapter 25
Why does Grant go to the Rainbow Room?
About what are the bricklayers talking?
Why does Grant fight with the bricklayers?
How does the fight end?
Chapter 26
Who knocked out Grant?
Why doesn't Grant want o stay overnight at
Vivian's?
What is Vivian questioning at the end of the
chapter?
Chapter 27
Approximately how much time is left before
Jefferson's execution day?
What is the Reverend's concern regarding Jefferson?
Why does the Reverend say that Grant is not
educated?
Why does the Reverend call Grant "boy?"
According to the Reverend, why does Grant look down
on him?
Chapter 28
What has Jefferson written in his notebook?
According to Grant, why should Jefferson talk with
the Reverend?
How does Grant respond when Jefferson asks if he
believes in God?
Describe Jefferson's childhood in the fields.
Chapter 29
From whose point of view is this chapter told?
What does Jefferson's writing show about him?
Why does Jefferson say, "the lord just work
fer wite folks?"
What does Mr. Pichot give Jefferson?
Why does Jefferson cry?
At the end of his journal, what message does
Jefferson want Grant to deliver?
Chapter 30
When Sidney arrives in town, why are so many people
near the Courthouse?
Which people did not sleep the night before the
execution?
Which people witness the arrival of the chair?
What is the chair's nickname?
What noise does Clay hear?
What does Jefferson ask Paul as he is waiting for
Murphy?
After his head had been shaved, what does Jefferson
ask Paul?
Chapter 31
What will Grant's students be doing at noon?
What group of people is not working today?
What does Grant remember about his childhood days?
According to Grant, which people are stronger and
braver than he is?
Where does Grant go at noon?
What does Paul deliver to Grant?
According to Paul, who was the strongest man in the
room?
What were Jefferson's last words?
What is Grant doing as he turns to face his class?
Grade 11
Catcher in The Rye
Study Guide
Chapters 1-4
1. Who is Holden Caulfield?
2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story?
3. Why wasn't Holden at the big football game?
4. Why wouldn't Holden be back at Pencey after
Christmas vacation?
5. What dirty trick did Mr. Spencer pull on
Holden
6. Who was Robert Ackley?
7. Who was Stradlater?
8. Who is Jane Gallagher?
9. Why doesn't Holden go down to see Jane?
Chapters 5-9
10. What was the subject of Holden's composition
for Stradlater?
11. Why did Holden tear up the composition that
he had written for Stradlater?
12. Why did Stadlater hit Holden?
13. Where did Holden decide to go?
14. Who did Holden meet on his train ride?
15. Why did Holden lie to this person about
Ernie?
Chapters 10-13
16. Who is Phoebe?
17. Who are Bernice, Marty, and Laverne?
18. What is Holden's relationship with Jane
Gallagher?
19. Why did Holden have to leave Ernie's?
20. What do we learn about Holden's personality
when his gloves are stolen?
21. What was the big mess Holden got into when he
got back to the hotel after being at Ernie's?
Chapters 14-17
22. Why did Maurice hit Holden?
23. Holden said he felt like committing suicide.
Why didn't he?
24. Who is Sally Hayes?
25. Why did Holden check out of the hotel, and
where did he go?
26. Whom did Holden meet at the little sandwich
bar after he locked his bags at the station? What was the subject of their
conversation?
27. What record did Holden get for Phoebe? Why?
28. What made Holden "not so depressed
anymore" on his way to the record store?
29. Why didn't Holden like actors?
30. Why did Holden like museums so much?
31. What did Holden think of "George
something--"?
32. How did Holden's feelings for Sally change
from the beginning of the date to the end of the date?
Chapters 18-21
33. What did Holden think of the show at Radio
City?
34. Why did Holden call Carl Luce even though he
did not like him too much?
35. What did Holden and Luce discuss?
36. Why did Holden go home so early (before
Wednesday)?
37. What was Phoebe's reaction when she first saw
Holden?
38. What was her reaction when she found out he
had been expelled?
Chapters 22-26
39. What was Holden's reply when Phoebe asked him
why he "got the axe again"?
40. Who is James Castle?
41. Why did Holden go to Mr. Antolini's house?
42. Why did Holden leave Mr. Antolini's house
before morning?
43. What advice did Mr. Antolini give to Holden?
44. How did Phoebe surprise Holden?
45. What was Holden's reaction?
46. Why did Holden sit on the bench in the rain
even though it was coming down in buckets?
47. How did Holden explain his catcher in the rye
daydream?
Grade 12
Lord of the Flies Study
Guide Questions
Directions: answer the following in complete
sentences.
Chapters 1 & 2
Identify:
Ralph
Piggy
Simon
Jack
Sam and Eric
Maurice
Roger
"The Littluns"
Henry
Johnny
How do the boys happen to come to the island?
Describe the conflict between Ralph and Jack.
How do the boys use the conch as a symbol of
authority?
Why does Jack hesitate when he lifts his knife to
kill the pig, and what does he promise will happen next time he meets a pig?
Who are the hunters, and what is their job?
What does a Littlun think he has seen in the
forest/
How and why do the boys make fire?
Who provide the source of fire?
How is Piggy different from Ralph?
Chapter 3-4
Describe how Jack has changed. Why has he changed?
Describe Simon.
Describe the place Simon goes at night.
After Maurice and Roger destroyed the Littluns
sandcastles, roger stalks the young boy named Henry. When he begins to throw
stones, why does he just throw them near him, instead of directly at him?
What causes the hunters, who promised to keep the
fire burning, to neglect it and allow it to go out?
Why does Jack paint his face/
What "invention" does Piggy want to make?
Chapter 5-6
What changes are occurring in Ralph?
What issues does Ralph raise at the assembly?
Compare Ralph’s treatment of the Littluns with
Jack’s.
What is Simon saying when he is saying he thinks
the beast is within the boys themselves?
What do Sam and Eric tell the boys they have seen?
What is it actually?
Why do Ralph and Jack decide to go and find the
beast?
Why doesn’t Simon tell the boys what he knows
about the beast?
Chapter 7-8
How does Ralph react when the pig comes charging
down the path?
What did the boys see on the mountaintop?
How does Ralph’s decreasing self-confidence show
in his words and actions?
Although he is not able to get the boys to vote
Ralph out of office as chief, Jack manages to overthrow Ralph’s authority
anyway. How?
Jack suggests a way to keep the beast happy. What
is it?
Describe Simon’s strange encounter with the Lord
of the Flies.
Who or what is the Lord of the Flies?
Chapters 9-11
What does Simon find when he finally reaches the
beast?
What happens to Simon when he returns to the group
and why?
As a result of the storm with its high winds and
high tides, what happens to the bodies of Simon and the parachutist?
What does Jack plan to steal from Ralph and Piggy?
What will Jack do if someone interferes with him?
Jack wants to keep the idea of the beast alive.
Why?
What happens to the conch and Piggy?
What are Jack’s plans for Ralph?
What course of action does Ralph take at the end of
chapter 10?
Chapter 12
What is Ralph’s reaction when he encounters the
pig skull?
Driven by fear and hunger, Ralph manages to make
contact with Sam and Eric who are standing guard at Castle Rock. Of what do
they warn him?
In what ways does the tribe to hunt down Ralph?
What or who saves Ralph in the end?