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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 Grandmother persuade Bailey to take a detour and see the plantation?
(a) She threatens to vomit
(b) She tells him there is a secret panel that holds silver
(c) She tells him she will tell the family his secret
(d) She tells him he was conceived there

2. Why are the children disappointed?
(a) They are still not at the plantation
(b) The cat has gone
(c) Their comic books flew out of the window
(d) No one has died

3. What does Hiram have with him?
(a) Bailey's shirt
(b) Bailey's arm
(c) A dead deer
(d) John's pants

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

5. Why would Grandmother of done well to marry Edgar?
(a) He bought stocks in Coca-Cola
(b) He was a kind man
(c) He loved her
(d) He would of given her a better looking family

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Bailey's wife?

2. What does John Wesley tell his Grandma?

3. What reason does Grandmother say a black boy ate the melon?

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

5. Which of the family members are dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Does O'Connor give Misfit some redeeming qualities?

5. Why do you think Bailey has such a negative attitude towards his mother?

6. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

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

8. Describe Misfit's bad experiences as a child.

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

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

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