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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 the Grandmother tell the Misfit for the second time as Bailey and John are being lead away?

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

3. What is the name of Bailey's daughter?

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

5. What was the name of the man in Grandmother's story

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the Misfit does not kill Grandmother until the end?

2. Describe the character of June Star

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

4. How does Bailey's negative attitude towards his mother affect her?

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

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

7. How does O'Connor represent the older generation in the book?

8. What do you think Misfit's relationship is with women?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Imagine you were faced with a serial killer. How would you react? Where do you think Bailey and his family went wrong?

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