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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 does Bobby Lee say about the killings?

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

3. What does Bailey do when the cat jumps onto his shoulder?

4. What do they eat at the restaurant?

5. How does O'Connor describe Bobby Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

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

3. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

4. Why is significant that June refers to Bobby Lee as a pig?

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

6. Why do you think Bailey has such a negative attitude towards his mother?

7. How does O'Connor express the generation gap between Grandmother and the rest of the family?

8. Describe the character of John Wesley.

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

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

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

Study the Misfit's life. What is his background? What is his character conflict? What is his motivation to kill?

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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