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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. Where does Calhoun find them when he arrives to visit someone in “The Partridge Festival”?

2. Who tries to get Francis to live with him after he is orphaned?

3. Who is Mrs. Shortley?

4. How old is Mary Fortune?

5. What does Francis Tarwater do to the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

3. Why does Tarwater destroy all evidence of his former life and move away?

4. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

5. Why does the conman steal the daughter’s artificial leg?

6. What does Rufus do to the neighbors?

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

8. Why does the college girl in “Revelation” have a seizure?

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

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

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

Old Gabriel in “The Wildcat” is said to be one of O’Connor’s most universal characters, what critics dub an “everyman”. Why do you think that Old Gabriel is considered a universal character? What themes in The Wildcat are relatable to all people?

Essay Topic 3

In “Enoch and the Gorilla”, Enoch is jubilant, convinced his outer appearance has changed him inside as well, but when he attempts to befriend a nearby couple, they are terrified of his realistic gorilla look and they run off screaming. What is O’Connor suggesting happens when people change their outward appearance in an attempt to change who they are? What other stories in this collection have characters who attempt at changing physical means to change internally?

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