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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 color is Bailey's shirt?
(a) Navy blue
(b) Light green
(c) Blood red
(d) Bright yellow

2. What does the Misfit call the psychiatrist at the penitentiary?
(a) A head doctor
(b) A mind sucker
(c) A fool
(d) A mental agent

3. What does the driver tell John to do?
(a) Be quiet
(b) Smile
(c) Stay with his mother
(d) Find some wood

4. What does Bailey's wife do on the way down to Florida?
(a) Talks
(b) Sleeps
(c) Hiccups
(d) Reads

5. What does Grandmother say when The Misfit apologizes for not wearing a shirt?
(a) Bailey has a spare one in his suitcase
(b) You have a fine figure
(c) Why don't you apologize for your crimes
(d) You would look better in a woolly jumper

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Misfit's father buried?

2. What would Edgar bring Grandmother every morning?

3. How does the Grandmother react when she hears two shots?

4. What does the Misfit do when Grandmother touches him on the shoulder?

5. What does the Misfit say when Grandmother asks if he would shoot an old lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is O'Connor's portrayal of a serial killer unconventional?

2. What importance does Baby have on the story?

3. In what ways do the children show a lack of respect for their elders?

4. Why do you think the Grandmother tries to persuade the Misfit to pray?

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

6. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

7. Why do you think that O'Connor does not describe the appearance of the Misfits two friends?

8. Describe Misfit's life?

9. How does the Misfit interpretation of the bible contrast to the Grandmother's?

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

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