A Lesson Before Dying

by: Ernest J. Gaines

Analysis of Major Characters Quiz

Further study Analysis of Major Characters Quiz

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Grant is set apart from the community he grew up in because he is ___.

2 of 5
Which character becomes a Christ-like figure, with his death offering salvation to others?

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Which character embodies both decency as well as archetypal white authoritarianism at once?

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By the end of the novel, Sherriff Guidry has begun to treat Jefferson ___.

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Tante Lou has the greatest influence over which character’s evolution within the novel?

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