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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 Grandmother stop the children from doing?
(a) Screaming
(b) Sticking their heads out of the window
(c) Throwing their garbage out of the window
(d) Choking

2. What does Misfit say his father died of?
(a) The scurvy
(b) The flu
(c) TB
(d) A broken heart

3. What does Baily begin to ask for?
(a) Food
(b) Directions
(c) The time
(d) Help

4. What year does Misfit say his father died?
(a) 1886
(b) 1903
(c) 1934
(d) 1919

5. Why is Bailey so impatient?
(a) Because the children are fighting
(b) Because the baby is crying
(c) Because the driving conditions are so bad
(d) Because grandmother will not stop talking

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Wesley ask about?

2. How does Grandmother persuade Bailey to take a detour and see the plantation?

3. What kind of bird is printed on Bailey's shirt?

4. What is the name of Bailey's oldest son?

5. What does Bailey scream towards his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of John Wesley's name?

3. In what way is it ironic that the Grandmother decided to take the cat on the trip?

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

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

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

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

8. Is it significant Misfit claims he cannot remember his crime?

9. Why is significant that June refers to Bobby Lee as a pig?

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

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