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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the children fall to when the car turns over?

2. What reason does Grandmother say a black boy ate the melon?

3. What is the driver wearing?

4. What is the name of the restaurant the family stop at?

5. Where is the plantation Grandmother can remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Grandmother blames Europe for Americas problems?

2. How does O'Connor express the generation gap between Grandmother and the rest of the family?

3. How is O'Connor's portrayal of a serial killer unconventional?

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

5. What importance does Baby have on the story?

6. In what ways do the children show a lack of respect for their elders?

7. In what way does O'Connor present the Grandmother as no better than the Misfit?

8. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

9. Why were the fifties such an important transitional period?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Critically examine the negative and positive points of A Good Man is Hard to Find. Is it an accurate portrayal of a fifties family? Does it have dramatic impact? Are the characters well drawn?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Grandmother and the Misfit relate so well to each other? Do they share similar characteristics? Why does the Misfit kill her at the end?

Essay Topic 3

O'Connor does not give either the mother or Grandmother real names. What is the reason O'Connor does not give them names? Why do you think only the female characters do not have names?

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