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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. What does Grandmother tell Bailey hides behind trees?

2. How does Grandmother persuade Bailey to take a detour and see the plantation?

3. What does Grandmother say to the Misfit?

4. What color dress is Grandmother wearing?

5. Who interrupts Bailey's plea for help?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think that the Misfit cannot remember the reason he is in prison?

3. What is the significance of John Wesley's name?

4. In what way does the Grandmother change moments before she dies?

5. Why do you think that O'Connor does not describe the appearance of the Misfits two friends?

6. In what way does O'Connor present the Grandmother as no better than the Misfit?

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

8. How is it significant Grandmother looks at Misfit when she screams her son's name?

9. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

O'Connor does not give either the mother or Grandmother real names. What is the reason O'Connor does not give them names? Why do you think only the female characters do not have names?

Essay Topic 2

Examine O'Connor's writing style.

1) What kind of language does she use? What meaning does it have on the story?

2) What do you think the themes of the story say about O'Connor as a person. Do she seem comfortable with these themes?

Essay Topic 3

O'Connor portrays the dynamics of a family in the fifties. What was the dynamics of a family in the fifties? How did it reflect life in the fifties? How is it different to families today?

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