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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flannery is told that _________________ is the character with whom most readers identify in A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND.
(a) The Grandmother.
(b) The nun.
(c) The traveling salesman.
(d) The chef.

2. A pattern begins to emerge with the first two letters of the sections being addressed to Cecil Dawkins and ____________.
(a) William Sessions.
(b) The Fitzgeralds.
(c) Robert Giroux.
(d) A.

3. What does Flannery show no indication of pursuing or hoping for?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Romance.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Health.

4. How many pages of Flannery's new novel can her mother read at one time?
(a) Half of it.
(b) About two chapters.
(c) Cover to cover.
(d) About two pages.

5. On the last day of ___________ Flannery writes to Janet McKane to tell her that she is ill.
(a) 1963.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flannery treat herself to when she completed a first draft of a novel?

2. How did Flannery deal with her illness in her letters?

3. Who does Flannery note has been drunk for the past two Mondays?

4. On what holiday does Flannery write to "A" to tell her that she is sick in bed?

5. Flannery's mother wishes that the people who work on her farm could get _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Flannery's perspective on helping other writers?

2. What does Flannery write about conversion to her friend, "A?"

3. Explain how Flannery's humble work mirrors her simple lifestyle.

4. What outstanding quality emerges when looking at the length of time span for the letters?

5. What is the nature of the book on which Flannery plans to focus this year?

6. What does Flannery share with "A" about seeing her novel in print?

7. To which person does Flannery write both the first and last letters in this section?

8. How does Flannery integrate formal and regional writing in her letters?

9. How does Sally Fitzgerald's being a friend of Flannery's enriched the experience of the letters for the reader?

10. How does Flannery show that her characters become very real for her?

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