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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The River”, why do the characters head down to the river?
(a) To launder clothes.
(b) To fish.
(c) To hear the preacher and watch baptisms.
(d) To bathe.

2. What are the red-haired girl and the blind man doing in “The Peeler”?
(a) Selling bread loaves.
(b) Holding hands an observing passersby.
(c) Heckling people.
(d) Handing out religious pamphlets.

3. Who asked Old Dudley if he wanted to go for a walk?
(a) His wife.
(b) His friend.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His brother.

4. What does the grandmother have hiding under the newspaper in the backseat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her dog.
(c) A flask.
(d) Her rosary beads.

5. What happens to General Sash during the ceremony?
(a) He walks onstage.
(b) He dies.
(c) He cries.
(d) He refuses to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Wesley?

2. What does the baker accuse the red-haired girl and the blind man of doing in “The Peeler”?

3. What does Hazel Motes purchase from the baker?

4. Who is Mrs. Pritchard?

5. “The Barber” takes place in which town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hazel Motes reluctant to befriend Enoch Emery?

2. Why is Ruller afraid something bad is about to happen?

3. Why is it ironic that the young boy’s parents are going to the river to the baptisms in “The River”?

4. How does O’Connor use foreshadowing in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

5. What is O’Connor’s message in “The River”?

6. Though General Sash does not want to go to his granddaughter’s graduation, why does he agree to anyhow?

7. Why doesn’t Hazel Wickers believe that the porter’s father was a railroad engineer?

8. Who is Leora?

9. What does Mrs. Willerton wish that she had more time for?

10. How does Mrs. Willerton feel about her daily life?

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