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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. Who does Mr. Shiflit marry?

2. What is in Ruby’s sack?

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

4. In “The Train”, what doesn’t the upper sleeping berth have?

5. How old is Sally Poker Sash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ruby dread Rufus’s arrival?

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

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

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

5. What happens at the end of “A Circle in the Fire”?

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

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

8. Why does Hazel Wickers keep thinking about his mother?

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

10. Who is Rabie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of O’Connor’s characters deep fears happen to them at the end of the stories. How does O’Connor use foreshadowing to warn her readers about what is to happen?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

O’ Connor’s writing is full of absurd images and grotesque scenes. What is absurd about Enoch Emery’s behavior? What is comical about his discoveries, his routine and his expectations? What is O’Connor suggesting by the absurdity of this story?

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