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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 baby doing before they kill him?

2. How long long does Hiram say it will take to fix the car?

3. What does the Misfit say is the only thing he gets pleasure from?

4. What do they hear from the woods?

5. What does John Wesley do as he walks to the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think children make the Misfit nervous?

3. Is it significant that Misfit is not wearing a shirt?

4. In what way is it ironic that the Grandmother decided to take the cat on the trip?

5. Is it significant that the Misfit puts on Bailey's shirt?

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

7. What is the significance of John Wesley's name?

8. How do you think the Grandmother interprets the bible?

9. Does O'Connor give Misfit some redeeming qualities?

10. Why do you think the Grandmother tries to persuade the Misfit to pray?

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

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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