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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 wakes grandmother up from her sleep?
(a) The cat jumps out of the basket
(b) Jane Star screams
(c) Her own snoring
(d) Bailey crashes the car

2. What does the Grandmother think about the driver?
(a) He is familiar
(b) He is a spiritual man
(c) He is evil
(d) He is handsome

3. Who says the following line "there never was a body that give the undertaker a tip?"
(a) Bobby Lee
(b) The Misfit
(c) Grandmother
(d) Hiram

4. What two people return from the woods?
(a) Hiram and John Wesley
(b) Bailey and John Wesley
(c) Bobby Lee and Hiram
(d) Hiram and Bailey

5. What do the children do on the journey?
(a) Read comics
(b) Play computer games
(c) Play I Spy
(d) Talk

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grandmother take her cat onto the trip?

2. Who does Grandmother offer to take care of?

3. Who is interested in the silver?

4. Who says "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did."?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the Grandmother change moments before she dies?

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

3. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

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

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

6. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

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

8. How does The Misfit give the Grandmother salvation?

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

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

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