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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 John Wesley ask about?

2. What reason does the Grandmother give for not going to Florida?

3. What does Grandmother tell Bailey hides behind trees?

4. What is the name of Bailey's wife?

5. How many more gunshots do they hear from the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the character of June Star

3. In what ways do the children show a lack of respect for their elders?

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

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

6. In what way is it ironic that the Grandmother decided to take the cat on the trip?

7. What importance does Baby have on the story?

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

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

10. How does O'Connor represent the older generation in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine you were faced with a serial killer. How would you react? Where do you think Bailey and his family went wrong?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character from the story and write his or hers background, motivation and character conflict. How would the story change if they were not there?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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