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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. Who is the only member of the family to survive?

2. What does Grandmother stop the children from doing?

3. Where is the Misfit's father buried?

4. What does Grandma do when Bailey chastises her?

5. What does the cat jump onto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Misfit's bad experiences as a child.

3. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

4. Why do you think Grandmother smuggles the cat into the car?

5. How would you describe the characteristics of the Grandmother?

6. What is the significance of June Star tap dancing in the restaurant?

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

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

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

10. Why do think Bailey agrees with his son that Georgia is not a good state to live in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Grandmother and the Misfit relate so well to each other? Do they share similar characteristics? Why does the Misfit kill her at the end?

Essay Topic 2

The short story is set in the 1950s. What concerns and political problems were there in the fifties? Does O'Connor reflect them in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the difference between a novel and a novella in regards to:

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

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