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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 the Grandmother ask the Misfit?
(a) If he believes in the devil
(b) If he has a cigarette
(c) If he has a soul
(d) If he would shoot an old lady

2. How many more gunshots do they hear from the woods?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Two

3. What was the name of the man in Grandmother's story
(a) Jacob Davis Coffeehouse
(b) James McKinley
(c) Wesley Jason Farm
(d) Edgar Atkins Teagarden

4. What does the Misfit talk about when Mother asks where they have taken Bailey?
(a) His crime
(b) His family
(c) Murder
(d) The afterlife

5. Where does Grandmother fall to when the car turns over?
(a) To the floor
(b) She stays where she is
(c) Under the front seat
(d) The front seat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Misfit do when Grandmother touches him on the shoulder?

2. What is the name of Bailey's oldest son?

3. What does the Misfit wish he could have witnessed?

4. Where does the Grandmother hide her cat?

5. Who says "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did."?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Bailey has such a negative attitude towards his mother?

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

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

4. What does the story about the melon say about Grandmother's character?

5. Does O'Connor give Misfit some redeeming qualities?

6. Describe Misfit's life?

7. What is the significance of John Wesley's name?

8. Describe the character of John Wesley.

9. Why do you think the Grandmother tries to persuade the Misfit to pray?

10. In what way does the Grandmother change moments before she dies?

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