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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. What is the name of Bailey's oldest son?
(a) Jay
(b) John
(c) John Wesley
(d) David Hicks

2. What does Grandmother say to the Misfit?
(a) Go to hell
(b) Where's your conscience
(c) You're one of my own children
(d) You're very sweet

3. What does Grandmother stop the children from doing?
(a) Sticking their heads out of the window
(b) Screaming
(c) Throwing their garbage out of the window
(d) Choking

4. Between what two people does Grandmother sit during the trip?
(a) John Wesley and Jane Star
(b) Jane Star and Bailey
(c) Bailey and his wife
(d) John Wesley and Bailey

5. Who is the only member of the family who does not go in the woods?
(a) Grandmother
(b) June Starr
(c) Mother
(d) Baby

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant the family stop at?

2. What does Grandmother remember visiting in the area when she was young?

3. What does the Misfit tell the family once they know his identity?

4. Why does the Grandmother want to get the children on her side?

5. What causes Grandmother's head to clear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the story's real meaning?

2. What does the story about the melon say about Grandmother's character?

3. Describe what Grandmother is wearing in the car?

4. Do you think O'Connor's portrayal of her character's is sympathetic?

5. Why do think Bailey agrees with his son that Georgia is not a good state to live in?

6. Why were the fifties such an important transitional period?

7. Is it significant that Misfit is not wearing a shirt?

8. Why do you think children make the Misfit nervous?

9. Why do you think Grandmother blames Europe for Americas problems?

10. Is it significant that the Misfit puts on Bailey's shirt?

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