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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. How does Grandmother say they can get to the plantation?
(a) Driving through the fields
(b) Walking across the field
(c) By turning around and driving down a dirt track
(d) Taking a chair lift

2. What kind of people does Grandmother say the Misfit comes from?
(a) Hateful people
(b) Nice people
(c) Crazy people
(d) Beatniks

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

4. What does Grandmother remind Bailey about on the journey?
(a) Not to stop for hitchhikers
(b) To stop for petrol
(c) To goto a nice restaurant
(d) The speed limit

5. What does the Grandmother initially remember about the plantation?
(a) The workers
(b) The dirt road
(c) Her first love
(d) The house

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother respond to Misfit's offer of joining her husband?

2. Which of the family members are dead?

3. What does Misfit say his father died of?

4. What does Misfit instruct his men to do with Grandmother's body?

5. What does Bobby Lee say about the killings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of June Star tap dancing in the restaurant?

2. What importance does Baby have on the story?

3. In what does the Grandmothers death force the Misfit to reexamine his life of crime?

4. Why do you think Bailey has such a negative attitude towards his mother?

5. Describe Misfit's bad experiences as a child.

6. Does O'Connor give Misfit some redeeming qualities?

7. Describe the character of June Star

8. What do you think the children grown up to be like if they had lived?

9. Is Grandmother a selfish person?

10. Why do you think Grandmother smuggles the cat into the car?

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