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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was grandmother's sudden realization that caused the accident?
(a) She never liked the plantation
(b) She had forgotten her purse
(c) The plantation and house was destroyed when she was a child
(d) The plantation was not in Georgia

2. Why does the Grandmother want to get the children on her side?
(a) They are more likely to persuade Bailey to go to the Plantation
(b) She wants their attention
(c) She wants to annoy Bailey
(d) She thinks she knows what they want

3. How does O'Connor describe Bobby Lee?
(a) Bigger than life
(b) Fat boy
(c) Head as big as the moon
(d) Ugly as a pig

4. What does the Misfit do when Grandmother recognizes him?
(a) He shoots her
(b) He laughs
(c) He denies it
(d) He admits it is true

5. What does the Misfit say about his parents?
(a) They were evil
(b) They were fine people
(c) They were hypocrites
(d) They were never there.

6. Why does he call himself the Misfit?
(a) Because what he has did wrong does not fit the punishment
(b) He does not fit in anywhere
(c) He likes the word
(d) He likes wearing ill fitting clothes

7. What does John want to sneak inside the house?
(a) A widow
(b) An exploding cigar
(c) A video camera
(d) A snake

8. Where is the Misfit heading?
(a) Ohio
(b) Florida
(c) New York
(d) California

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

10. Why is John Wesley anxious to get through Georgia?
(a) There is nothing to look at
(b) He sees The Misfit
(c) It is too hot
(d) He does not like the south

11. What does Bailey say about Georgia?
(a) It is full of immigrants
(b) It is a beautiful state
(c) It is a lousy state
(d) It is too hot

12. What does the Misfit apologize to the women about?
(a) For his body odour
(b) For his gallows humor
(c) For being a bad person
(d) For not wearing a shirt

13. What does Bailey's wife do on the way down to Florida?
(a) Sleeps
(b) Hiccups
(c) Talks
(d) Reads

14. What is the reason Grandmother says Misfit won't shoot her?
(a) He needs her
(b) He will go to jail
(c) She is a lady
(d) She is old

15. What is the name of Bailey's wife?
(a) Daisy
(b) Olivia
(c) Beth
(d) She is unnamed

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say Grandmother's face looks like when she is lying in the ditch?

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

3. What does O'Connor say happens to the Misfit's voice?

4. How far back do they have to travel to get back to the dirt road?

5. Who is Grandmother looking at when she screams Bailey's name?

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