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Cultural Reference
The title of this episode is a reference to A Lesson Before Dying, a book by Ernest J. Gaines.
The SoundTrack heard when the Kids are taking their test is Michael Myers Halloween SoundTrack from the horror movie franchise Halloween which started in 1978 and ended in 2009.
Trivia
When Sherri and Terri find out they are put on different buses they change from the way they are to resemble old people.
Goofs
In the beginning scene, Chief Wiggum is seen with Sarah and Ralph, but he has black hair and is dark-skinned instead of yellow.
While writing the test, Milhouse fainted. The Buck-toothed boy was sitting on his place when Groundskeeper Willie whipped Milhouse's body away. However, when Willie laid Milhouse to other fainted students, the boy was already lying there, too.
Sophie and the Long-haired girl are both seen in Miss. Hoover's second grade class as they were taking a test. Yet, they are seen back in Mrs. Krabappel's class.