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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 has been Mrs. Willerton’s job for over 50 years?

2. Who helps Old Dudley up the stairs?

3. What major political movement is coming up in “The Barber”?

4. What does Mrs. Cope suggest once they invade the property?

5. How old is General Sash?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Enoch steal the gorilla suit?

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

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

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

6. Who is Leora?

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

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

9. What dismays Ruby about Rufus choosing collard greens as his something “special” that she will make for him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Grotesque

a. O’Connor was obsessed with grotesque images. Where is this evident in her writing?

b. What’s absurd about O’Connor’s stories?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There are many small subplots in “The Peeler” that all connect to Hazel Motes as he is walking through town. This story discusses many details of what life was like for many different people on different societal and moral levels. Why does Hazel Motes follow the red-haired girl and the blind man? Why does Hazel think of Leora, his father’s voyeurism and his mother’s puritanical beliefs? What is haunting Hazel Motes?

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