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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 does Grandma recognize the driver as?

2. What does Bailey's wife do on the way down to Florida?

3. What are all three of the men carrying?

4. What was grandmother's sudden realization that caused the accident?

5. Who is the first person in the car the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think that the Misfit cannot remember the reason he is in prison?

2. Why do you think Grandmother blames Europe for Americas problems?

3. Describe the character of June Star

4. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

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

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

7. How is O'Connor's portrayal of a serial killer unconventional?

8. Why does Grandmother tell the Misfit to take one of Bailey's shirts from his suitcase?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

O'Connor portrays the dynamics of a family in the fifties. What was the dynamics of a family in the fifties? How did it reflect life in the fifties? How is it different to families today?

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

O'Connor uses many similes. What effect do the similes have on the tone of the story? How and when does she use them? Take two examples and imagine similes were not used at that point. How does the story's meaning change?

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