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

2. What does John Wesley do as he walks to the woods?
(a) Tries to grab one of the mens guns
(b) Screams
(c) Cries
(d) Holds his father's hand

3. Between what two people does Grandmother sit during the trip?
(a) John Wesley and Jane Star
(b) John Wesley and Bailey
(c) Bailey and his wife
(d) Jane Star and Bailey

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

5. What kind of bird is printed on Bailey's shirt?
(a) Kestrels
(b) Buzzards
(c) Eagles
(d) Parrots

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane Star say when the restaurant owners wife asks her if she would to be her little girl?

2. What wakes grandmother up from her sleep?

3. How does Grandmother say they can get to the plantation?

4. What are all three of the men carrying?

5. Where does Grandmother fall to when the car turns over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the story's real meaning?

2. What does Grandmother mean when she says that Misfit is one of her own children?

3. Describe the character of John Wesley.

4. What do you think the children grown up to be like if they had lived?

5. Why were the fifties such an important transitional period?

6. In what does the Grandmothers death force the Misfit to reexamine his life of crime?

7. Why is Grandmother so delighted that the Misfit suddenly shows an interest in Jesus?

8. Why do you think Grandmother blames Europe for Americas problems?

9. Why do you think the Grandmother tries to persuade the Misfit to pray?

10. How does The Misfit give the Grandmother salvation?

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