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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 Enoch Emery discover inside the museum?

2. What does the grandmother have hiding under the newspaper in the backseat in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

3. In “A Circle in the Fire,” who is always looking out from the upstairs window?

4. What does Mrs. Cope offer the teenage boys?

5. How old is Lucynell’s daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Old Gabriel afraid of besides the wildcat?

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

3. Why does Rayber change barbers?

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

5. Why doesn’t the grandmother want to drive through Georgia in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

6. Why is Ruller so proud to bring the turkey home to his family?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of the story “The Barber”, Rayber is reminiscing about his last shave. He tries to think of a rebuttal to all that the barber said. What are Rayber’s beliefs? What are the barber’s beliefs? Why does Rayber feel a need to convince the barber? Why does Rayber feel bad that he doesn’t stand up for his beliefs? Who’s listening into their conversation?

Essay Topic 2

Many stories in this collection have an unmarried mother or sister and a son or brother carrying for the man. In how many stories in this collection does the author use a widow and an unmarried son as her main characters? What do they represent?

Essay Topic 3

Children appear in many of O’Connor’s stories. What are the roles of children in O’Connor’s work? What happens to children in her stories?

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