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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Bailey so impatient?
(a) Because the baby is crying
(b) Because the children are fighting
(c) Because the driving conditions are so bad
(d) Because grandmother will not stop talking

2. What kind of game do the children play?
(a) A board game
(b) A computer game
(c) A guessing game
(d) A card game

3. What does Red Sammy agree with Grandmother about?
(a) That you can't trust anyone these days
(b) Jane Star is a rude little girl
(c) The family should not go to Florida
(d) The road are becoming congested

4. Why does Grandmother dress so smartly?
(a) To feel good about herself
(b) She is always on the look out for a new man
(c) To hint that she wants to stop at a nice restaurant on the way
(d) So if they have an accident and she dies they will see she was a lady

5. What does the Misfit apologize to the women about?
(a) For his body odour
(b) For his gallows humor
(c) For not wearing a shirt
(d) For being a bad person

6. What does Grandmother remember visiting in the area when she was young?
(a) A forest
(b) A bar
(c) A slaughter house
(d) A plantation

7. Where are the mother and baby thrown when the car turns over?
(a) Through the front window
(b) Onto the floor
(c) Out of the door
(d) Through the sun roof

8. What happens to the car when Bailey loses control?
(a) It runs into a field
(b) It turns over
(c) It drives into a river
(d) It drives into a ditch

9. Why does the driver want John to stay with his mother?
(a) His mother's life is in danger
(b) A boy should always stick with his mother
(c) She is injured
(d) Children make him nervous

10. How does O'Connor describe Bobby Lee?
(a) Head as big as the moon
(b) Ugly as a pig
(c) Fat boy
(d) Bigger than life

11. What approaches them?
(a) A car
(b) A bear
(c) A tramp
(d) A truck

12. What is the name of Grandmother's cat?
(a) Loopy
(b) Sly Tie
(c) Carcas
(d) Pitty Sing

13. Who told The Misfit that he had killed his father?
(a) His lawyer
(b) A prison warden
(c) The prison psychiatrist
(d) His mother

14. What does the Grandmother scream as Bailey is being led away?
(a) Bailey's name
(b) Murderer
(c) The lord's name
(d) Is there any justice

15. What does the Misfit say is the only thing he gets pleasure from?
(a) Meaness
(b) Talking to old people
(c) Murder
(d) Sex

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandmother have tied in her hair?

2. What is the cat doing before Misfit picks it up?

3. What has The Misfit forgotten?

4. How many people are in the car?

5. Why are Misfit's eyes red rimmed, pale and defensive looking?

(see the answer keys)

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