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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 Grandmother touches him on the shoulder?
(a) Hugs her
(b) Kicks her in the shin
(c) Cries
(d) Shoots her

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

3. What does Grandma touch?
(a) The Misfit's head
(b) The Misfit's gun
(c) The Misfit's shoulder
(d) The Misfit's forehead

4. Who is the first person in the car the next morning?
(a) Bailey
(b) Grandmother
(c) Jane Star
(d) John Wesley

5. Why does Grandmother take her cat onto the trip?
(a) She is afraid it will die
(b) She wants its company
(c) She does not want it to be alone
(d) She wants to annoy Bailey

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grandmother respond to John Wesley's statement that he wants to get out of Georgia?

2. Why does Bailey not pay any attention to his mother?

3. Who does Grandma recognize the driver as?

4. What does Grandmother do before they leave?

5. What does Grandmother say to the Misfit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the character of June Star

3. Why do think Bailey agrees with his son that Georgia is not a good state to live in?

4. Describe what Grandmother is wearing in the car?

5. Why do you think Grandmother smuggles the cat into the car?

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

7. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

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

9. Why do you think both Grandmother and Mother remain unnamed throughout the book?

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

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