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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jane Star do in the restaurant?
(a) She vomits
(b) She plays guitar
(c) She sings
(d) She tap dances

2. How much mileage is on the car clock at the beginning of the journey?
(a) 55,890
(b) 23,434
(c) 66,578
(d) 5,581

3. Why does Grandmother hope she is injured?
(a) So she won't have to go to Florida
(b) So they can spend more time at the plantation
(c) So she can get more attention
(d) So Bailey won't be angry at her

4. Why does Grandmother kick the valise?
(a) She has a sudden realization
(b) John hits her in the stomach
(c) Bailey says something cruel
(d) She gets over excited

5. What did Edgar used to carve on his water melon?
(a) Grandmother's name
(b) A smiley face
(c) The sun
(d) His initials

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bobby Lee say about the killings?

2. What is the cat doing before Misfit picks it up?

3. Why is the dirt road such a rough ride?

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

5. What does the Misfit say is the only thing he gets pleasure from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Grandmother is wearing in the car?

2. Why does not O'Connor tell the reader what Bailey says to his mother?

3. Is it significant that the Misfit puts on Bailey's shirt?

4. What is the significance of Grandmother wanting to paint the black child she sees sitting on the porch?

5. Why do Grandmother and Red Sammy get along so well?

6. Do you think Grandmother is really that worried about meeting the Misfit in Florida?

7. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

8. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

9. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

10. What does the Misfit's description of the penitentiary's walls say about him?

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