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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Misfit continue to do when he hears the two gun shots?
(a) Shout at Mother
(b) Fix the car
(c) Laugh
(d) Talk about the past

2. Who is the only member of the family who does not go in the woods?
(a) June Starr
(b) Baby
(c) Grandmother
(d) Mother

3. What does Grandmother say when The Misfit apologizes for not wearing a shirt?
(a) Bailey has a spare one in his suitcase
(b) Why don't you apologize for your crimes
(c) You have a fine figure
(d) You would look better in a woolly jumper

4. Who interrupts Bailey's plea for help?
(a) Bailey
(b) Grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) The cat

5. How does Grandmother say they can get to the plantation?
(a) By turning around and driving down a dirt track
(b) Driving through the fields
(c) Taking a chair lift
(d) Walking across the field

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane Star do in the restaurant?

2. What are the names of the two men traveling with the Misfit?

3. What does the Grandmother scream as Bailey is being led away?

4. What is the children's initial reaction to the accident?

5. Why does Grandmother kick the valise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it significant that Misfit is not wearing a shirt?

2. What does Grandmother mean when she says that Misfit is one of her own children?

3. Is it significant Misfit claims he cannot remember his crime?

4. Why do you think the Misfit does not kill Grandmother until the end?

5. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

6. Why do you think Grandmother smuggles the cat into the car?

7. What does the Misfit's description of the penitentiary's walls say about him?

8. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

9. Why is Grandmother so delighted that the Misfit suddenly shows an interest in Jesus?

10. Why is significant that June refers to Bobby Lee as a pig?

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