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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 Grandmother lie about the silver?
(a) She is a pathological liar
(b) She wants to cause trouble
(c) She knows Bailey would not agree to go otherwise
(d) She wants to make the children happy

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

3. Who interrupts Bailey's plea for help?
(a) Mother
(b) The cat
(c) Grandmother
(d) Bailey

4. What does Grandmother do before they leave?
(a) Writes down the mileage
(b) Vomits
(c) Sits on the cat
(d) Tells a joke

5. What is the baby doing before they kill him?
(a) Crying
(b) Sleeping
(c) Sucking its thumb
(d) Playing with its mother's hair

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Grandmother respond to John Wesley's statement that he wants to get out of Georgia?

2. What does the Misfit tell the family once they know his identity?

3. What does the Misfit do when Grandmother recognizes him?

4. What does the Misfit talk to Grandmother about when they are alone?

5. What would Edgar bring Grandmother every morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

2. What does it say about Grandmother that she cannot keep Misfit's name to herself?

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

4. What does Grandmother mean when she says that Misfit is one of her own children?

5. What does the story about the melon say about Grandmother's character?

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

7. What do you think the children grown up to be like if they had lived?

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

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

10. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

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