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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 Old Gabriel afraid of?

2. What does the upper sleeping berth remind Hazel Wickers of?

3. What does the boy in “The River” say his name is (though it isn’t)?

4. The barber calls Rayber what name __________.

5. In the beginning of “The Barbar”, what is Rayber reminiscing about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the boys invade the farm, despite the widow asking them to leave in “A Circle in the Fire”?

3. Why is the man in the gorilla suit irritated with Enoch?

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

5. Why does Enoch steal the gorilla suit?

6. How is the General dying at the commencement a form of irony?

7. What does Enoch Emery’s daily routine consist of?

8. Why is Enoch convinced that he must show Hazel Weaver the mummified man?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

O’Connor includes a lot of description of the natural world in her writing. What do the detailed descriptions of skies, sunsets, top lines of trees, and clouds indicate about the author? How many sunsets are depicted with exceptional clarity?

Essay Topic 2

O’Connor was a young educated woman living in the south. She was deeply religious and suffered from Lupus at a young age. How are the circumstances of her own life reflected in the lives’ of her characters?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Willerton in “The Crop” uses her fiction to escape into another reality. Analyze Mrs. Willerton’s fictional account to gain a sense of what she really wants in life? For example, what is suggested by Mrs. Willerton initially creating a mean unforgiving wife for Lot Motum? How does Mrs. Willerton come to his rescue? What is suggested by the crop loss and Lot Motum’s response?

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