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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 The Misfit do when he sees the cat?
(a) He picks it up
(b) He kicks it
(c) He hisses at it
(d) He shoots it

2. What does the Misfit do when Grandmother touches him on the shoulder?
(a) Cries
(b) Shoots her
(c) Hugs her
(d) Kicks her in the shin

3. Who is interested in the silver?
(a) Bailey
(b) Grandmother
(c) John Wesley and Jane Star
(d) Bailey's wife

4. What was the name of the man in Grandmother's story
(a) Edgar Atkins Teagarden
(b) Wesley Jason Farm
(c) James McKinley
(d) Jacob Davis Coffeehouse

5. What does the Misfit do with the shirt?
(a) He throws it at Grandmother
(b) He ties it around his waist
(c) He tears it up
(d) He puts it on

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jane Star say the Grandmother will go on the trip?

2. What does Grandmother do before they leave?

3. How many times does the Misfit shoot Grandmother in the chest?

4. What does Grandmother do once she is back in the car?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it significant Misfit claims he cannot remember his crime?

2. How do you think the Grandmother interprets the bible?

3. What is the significance of June Star tap dancing in the restaurant?

4. Why do you think children make the Misfit nervous?

5. How does Bailey's negative attitude towards his mother affect her?

6. In what way does O'Connor describe the three men approaching their car in ominous terms?

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

8. What does the story about the melon say about Grandmother's character?

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

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

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