A Good Man Is Hard to Find Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Good Man Is Hard to Find Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which of the family members are dead?

2. How does O'Connor describe the Misfit's car?

3. What does the Misfit say when Grandmother asks if he would shoot an old lady?

4. Why is Bailey so impatient?

5. What kind of bird is printed on Bailey's shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Grandmother's death affect the Misfit?

2. Describe the Misfit's appearance?

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

4. How is O'Connor's portrayal of a serial killer unconventional?

5. What do you think Misfit's relationship is with women?

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

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

8. Do you think the family respects Grandmother?

9. How does O'Connor express the generation gap between Grandmother and the rest of the family?

10. Why do Grandmother and Red Sammy get along so well?

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

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

Why do you think O'Connor portrays the family members, including the main character, so negatively? What impact does it have on the story's meaning? How did you feel about their deaths?

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