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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. What mode of transportation does the family take on vacation?

2. What animal does Harry let loose?

3. Where does Harry think that Jesus lives?

4. What form of transportation is Haze Motes riding at the beginning of WISE BLOOD?

5. With whom does Haze live now?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Emory representative of Revelations?

2. What is odd about Motes' vocation related to his philosophy?

3. What is the premise of A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND?

4. What does Motes learn about Hawks?

5. What is an overriding worry that the grandmother has while on the trip?

6. What are the circumstances that cause the family's car accident?

7. What does Motes discover once he reaches his homestead?

8. Who are the family members and how does the grandmother try to manage their unruliness on the trip?

9. How does the author show that Motes is a conflicted man?

10. What is the house that the grandmother wants her grandchildren to see on the trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in the rural South in the mid-twentieth century when the women in the stories are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 2

Flannery O'Connor is famous for her use of hideous characters in her fiction. Select three characters and explain what makes them so hideous either physically or in demeanor.

Essay Topic 3

Select three characters from any of the stories and project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for their lives. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

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