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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 the grandmother tell them about as they turn around?
(a) The silver
(b) A well
(c) Her first love
(d) The beautiful house

2. Who is the only member of the family who does not go in the woods?
(a) June Starr
(b) Grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) Baby

3. What does the Grandmother initially remember about the plantation?
(a) The dirt road
(b) Her first love
(c) The workers
(d) The house

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

5. What does the Misfit apologize to the women about?
(a) For his body odour
(b) For his gallows humor
(c) For being a bad person
(d) For not wearing a shirt

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bailey say they are not allowed inside the house?

2. Who does the Grandmother say has escaped from prison?

3. Why does the Misfit want to have witnessed Jesus' resurrection?

4. What does Grandmother's kick release from the valise?

5. What does the Misfit do with the shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Misfit's description of the penitentiary's walls say about him?

2. How is it significant Grandmother looks at Misfit when she screams her son's name?

3. In what way does Grandmother's death affect the Misfit?

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

5. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

6. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

7. What do you think is the story's real meaning?

8. Why do you think the Misfit does not kill Grandmother until the end?

9. Why does not O'Connor tell the reader what Bailey says to his mother?

10. What is the significance of Grandmother wanting to paint the black child she sees sitting on the porch?

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