Summary 7-12

Before visiting Jefferson in Jail, the superintendent of schools made his annual visit and the school got their first load of wood for winter. Grant trains the students how to respond and act when the superintendent arrives. When the superintendent arrives, he examines the student's hygiene instead of their education, showing how unfair the educational policy is. When Grant visits Jefferson for the first time, Miss Emma comes along with Jefferson's favorite foods to the courthouse in Bayonne for both blacks and whites. Jefferson does not respond or eat the food, leaving her in tears. And if he does speak, it is about the execution. Emma and Grant's next two visits have the same results of Jefferson refusing to eating or talking. Grant goes alone to visit him because Emma is ill. Jefferson talks and eats this time, but only rudely and like a hog. After his visit, he leaves to Rainbow Club to meet Vivian and think of a lie about Jefferson to tell Miss Emma.