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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Grandmother have tied in her hair?
(a) Nothing
(b) A chopstick
(c) A ribbon
(d) A green hankerchief
2. Who is the first person in the car the next morning?
(a) Bailey
(b) Grandmother
(c) Jane Star
(d) John Wesley
3. How many times does the Misfit shoot Grandmother in the chest?
(a) Four times
(b) Three times
(c) Twice
(d) Once
4. What does the Misfit ask Mother?
(a) Would you like his shirt
(b) Would you like to leave
(c) Would you like to join your husband
(d) Would like some water
5. Where do the children fall to when the car turns over?
(a) Out of the door
(b) Through the front window
(c) The front of the car
(d) The floor
6. What does the Misfit say when Grandmother asks if he would shoot an old lady?
(a) He would torture her first
(b) He would not want to shoot one
(c) He is not a killer
(d) He would shoot anyone
7. Why does the Misfit want to have witnessed Jesus' resurrection?
(a) To shoot him
(b) To know it was true
(c) To shake his hand
(d) To be part of the bible
8. How does Mother respond to Misfit's offer of joining her husband?
(a) She spits in his face
(b) She cries
(c) She tries to grab his gun
(d) She thanks him
9. What reason does Grandmother say a black boy ate the melon?
(a) He was hungry
(b) He was jealous of Edgar
(c) He saw the initials E.A.T.
(d) He was obsessed with water melons
10. What does the Misfit talk about when Mother asks where they have taken Bailey?
(a) The afterlife
(b) Murder
(c) His family
(d) His crime
11. What does the Grandmother ask the Misfit?
(a) If he has a soul
(b) If he has a cigarette
(c) If he would shoot an old lady
(d) If he believes in the devil
12. What year was the story first published?
(a) 1962
(b) 1980
(c) 1971
(d) 1955
13. What is the name of Bailey's wife?
(a) Daisy
(b) Beth
(c) She is unnamed
(d) Olivia
14. What is the children's initial reaction to the accident?
(a) They laugh
(b) They cry
(c) They scream
(d) They ask if Bailey can do it again
15. Why does his mother say he cannot sneak anything into the house?
(a) John is grounded from going anywhere
(b) They have to stay in the car
(c) It will take too long
(d) It is impolite
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the man in Grandmother's story
2. How does Grandmother try to reason with the Misfit?
3. What is the driver wearing?
4. Who is the only member of the family who does not go in the woods?
5. Why is John Wesley anxious to get through Georgia?
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