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A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying tells the story of Jefferson, a young black man wrongfully accused of robbing and murdering a white man and sentenced to death. During the trial, Jefferson internalizes his attorney's argument that he is too dim to have planned such a robbery. His godmother, Miss Emma, enlists Grant Wiggins to teach Jefferson how to be a man and to die with dignity, and over the next few months, both men find the self-respect each had lost.

Take the Quiz Jefferson’s attorney states that executing him would be like putting what animal in an electric chair?
  1. Dog
  2. Pig
  3. Monkey
  4. Hog
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