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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 is the name of the restaurant the family stop at?
(a) The Tower
(b) The Mountain
(c) The Cliff Top
(d) Tip Top

2. Why does the Misfit want to have witnessed Jesus' resurrection?
(a) To shoot him
(b) To know it was true
(c) To shake his hand
(d) To be part of the bible

3. What does Red Sammy agree with Grandmother about?
(a) The family should not go to Florida
(b) That you can't trust anyone these days
(c) Jane Star is a rude little girl
(d) The road are becoming congested

4. Why does Grandmother dress so smartly?
(a) To feel good about herself
(b) To hint that she wants to stop at a nice restaurant on the way
(c) She is always on the look out for a new man
(d) So if they have an accident and she dies they will see she was a lady

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandmother kick the valise?

2. What reason does the Grandmother give for not going to Florida?

3. What does the Misfit talk about when Mother asks where they have taken Bailey?

4. Between what two people does Grandmother sit during the trip?

5. What does Grandmother remind Bailey about on the journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Misfit's life?

2. How would you describe the characteristics of the Grandmother?

3. Is it significant that Misfit is not wearing a shirt?

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

5. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

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

7. Is it significant that the Misfit puts on Bailey's shirt?

8. Why do you think that the Misfit cannot remember the reason he is in prison?

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

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

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