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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grandmother offer to take care of?
(a) The cat
(b) Bailey's wife
(c) The baby
(d) Jane Star

2. What does Grandmother say when she sees a black child sitting on a front porch?
(a) He looks hungry
(b) A black boy should not expose himself to the world like that
(c) He reminds her of an old childhood friend.
(d) She would paint him if she was a painter

3. What are all three of the men carrying?
(a) Knives
(b) Flowers
(c) Towels
(d) Guns

4. How would John Wesley deal with the misfit?
(a) Smack him in the face
(b) Call the police
(c) Laugh in his face
(d) Talk to him

5. What does John Wesley tell his Grandma?
(a) She should be quiet
(b) She should relax
(c) She should stop watching so much television
(d) She should stay at home

6. Who says the following line "there never was a body that give the undertaker a tip?"
(a) Bobby Lee
(b) Grandmother
(c) Hiram
(d) The Misfit

7. Who does the Misfit tell his men to take into the woods?
(a) Bailey and John Wesley
(b) Grandmother and Mother
(c) Mother and June Star
(d) Mother and her baby

8. What two people return from the woods?
(a) Hiram and John Wesley
(b) Bobby Lee and Hiram
(c) Hiram and Bailey
(d) Bailey and John Wesley

9. What time do the family leave for Atlanta?
(a) 10:00 am
(b) 7:00 am
(c) 9:00 am
(d) 8:45 am

10. What does Misfit instruct his men to do with Grandmother's body?
(a) Put it in the boot of the car
(b) Cook it
(c) Burn it
(d) Throw it with the others

11. Who does the Grandmother say has escaped from prison?
(a) The Fox
(b) The Nutcase
(c) Bread Basket
(d) The Misfit

12. What does Red Sammy say about the Misfit?
(a) Once bad always bad
(b) There is good in everyone
(c) He's got a viscious streak a mile long
(d) A good man is hard to find

13. What does Misfit say "It's no real pleasure in?"
(a) Killing
(b) Life
(c) Jesus
(d) The eldery

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

15. What does Bailey scream towards his mother?
(a) Wait for me
(b) Thanks for nothing
(c) How could you
(d) See you in hell

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandmother do before they leave?

2. Why does Grandmother dress so smartly?

3. What does Misfit say his father died of?

4. Why is John Wesley anxious to get through Georgia?

5. Between what two people does Grandmother sit during the trip?

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