A Good Man Is Hard to Find Study Guide

The next morning, the grandmother is the first one in the car. She has smuggled her cat, Pitty Sing, into the car by hiding him in a basket. She knows Bailey does not like to take the cat on trips. John Wesley and June Star sit on either side of her. As the family begins their journey, the grandmother writes down the mileage on the odometer because she thinks it will be interesting to know how far they have traveled. The children's mother has dressed casually for the trip and is wearing her hair tied in a green kerchief. The grandmother has dressed in a navy blue dress, white cotton gloves, and a straw hat. She is wearing fancy collars and cuffs and has pinned a spray of cloth violets to her neckline. She thinks that if they are in an accident, anyone who sees her dead body will know she was a lady. (read more)