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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 is Calhoun trying to vindicate?

2. What happens to Mrs. Turpin in the waiting room?

3. What happened to Norton’s mother?

4. Where does Rufus Johnson go to live once he’s released from the reformatory?

5. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the grandfather in “A View of the Woods” sell parcels of his land?

2. Who is supposed to shoot the bull in “Greanleaf”?

3. Why does Asbury ask his mother to call for the priest?

4. How does O’Connor get her title for “The Comforts of Home”?

5. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

6. What is the cause of Mrs. McIntyre’s poor decision-making?

7. Why does Julian accompany his mother on the bus?

8. How are the two teenage girls in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost” hypocritical?

9. What happens to Mr. Tilman?

10. Under what assumption does the daughter in “Good Country People” and mother trust the Bible salesman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In “The Turkey” Hazel Wickers harbors disbelief that the porter’s father was a railroad man because the porter is black – even if they are in Chicago. What other prejudices cloud Hazel’s beliefs? What unnerves him about the porter? About the train? How does Hazel Wickers view Mrs. Hosen? What do his thoughts and prejudices say about who he is as a character?

Essay Topic 3

O’Connor’s work is often described as morbid, namely because she often has children die in her stories. How many stories have similarly neglected small children that die at the end? What does this represent?

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