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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. Why does Jane Star say the Grandmother will go on the trip?

2. Who does Grandmother offer to take care of?

3. What does Grandmother do before they leave?

4. What does Bailey scream towards his mother?

5. What does Misfit instruct his men to do with Grandmother's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it significant Misfit claims he cannot remember his crime?

2. How does The Misfit give the Grandmother salvation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Bailey's relationship with his mother?

10. What importance does Baby have on the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine O'Connor's writing style.

1) What kind of language does she use? What meaning does it have on the story?

2) What do you think the themes of the story say about O'Connor as a person. Do she seem comfortable with these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Grandmother and her son Bailey share a difficult relationship. How does O'Connor express their relationship. What do you think is the history between the two characters? Do you think Grandmother expresses true sorrow at her son's death?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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