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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. Why does Jane Star say the Grandmother will go on the trip?
(a) She is interested in murderers
(b) She hates to be alone
(c) She is afraid to miss anything.
(d) She loves Florida

2. What does Grandmother remind Bailey about on the journey?
(a) Not to stop for hitchhikers
(b) To goto a nice restaurant
(c) To stop for petrol
(d) The speed limit

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

4. How many times does the man say it turned over?
(a) Eight times
(b) Four times
(c) Twice
(d) Once

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandmother stop the children from doing?

2. What did Edgar used to carve on his water melon?

3. What does the Misfit apologize to the women about?

4. Who is the only member of the family who does not go in the woods?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Do you think O'Connor's portrayal of her character's is sympathetic?

4. In what way does Grandmother manipulate Bailey to visit the plantation?

5. In what way does O'Connor present the Grandmother as no better than the Misfit?

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

7. How does O'Connor express the generation gap between Grandmother and the rest of the family?

8. Why do you think the Misfit does not kill Grandmother until the end?

9. In what way does Grandmother's death affect the Misfit?

10. In what way does the Grandmother foreshadow their deaths?

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