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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant the family stop at?

2. How much mileage is on the car clock at the beginning of the journey?

3. What two people return from the woods?

4. How many times does the Misfit shoot Grandmother in the chest?

5. What does the Misfit apologize to the women about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of June Star

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

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

4. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

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

6. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

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

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

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

10. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story occasionally expresses Grandmother's character as a racist, though she seems to deny it. What to you think grandmother saw and was taught to think to come to such a point of view? Was it a problem in the South at that time? Can a person change if they deny their true feelings?

Essay Topic 2

Critically examine the negative and positive points of A Good Man is Hard to Find. Is it an accurate portrayal of a fifties family? Does it have dramatic impact? Are the characters well drawn?

Essay Topic 3

Imagine you were faced with a serial killer. How would you react? Where do you think Bailey and his family went wrong?

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