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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 Thomas’s mother help?

2. What does Joy take off?

3. Who does Thomas accidentally shoot?

4. How old is Thomas?

5. What does Sheppard buy the boys?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the old man wish to be buried in “You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead”?

3. Where does Calhoun find Singelton?

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

5. What does Julian find embarrassing about his mother?

6. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

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

8. Why is Mary George irritated with her brother?

9. Why does Thomas hide the gun in the guest room?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In “The Geranium”, Old Dudley longs for his friend, Rabie, back in his southern hometown. What is ironic about his longing for home? Why does it bother Old Dudley that the African-American neighbor calls him Old Timer? How are his feelings for the neighbor and his feelings for Rabie contradictory?

Essay Topic 2

Racism is a major theme in all of O’Connor’s stories. Discuss your idea of Flannery O'Connor's beliefs about racism. How would her work be received today?

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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