View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Old Dudley at the end of the story?

2. Who tries to befriend Hazel Motes?

3. Who is John Wesley?

4. Who does Mr. Shiflit marry?

5. Who does Old Dudley live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Old Gabriel afraid of besides the wildcat?

2. How does Mrs. Willerton feel about her daily life?

3. What is O’Connor’s message in “The River”?

4. What happens at the end of “A Circle in the Fire”?

5. Why does Enoch steal the gorilla suit?

6. What does Mrs. Willerton wish that she had more time for?

7. Why does Rayber’s old barber call him a “mother hubbard”?

8. Why is Ruller so proud to bring the turkey home to his family?

9. How is the General dying at the commencement a form of irony?

10. Why does Ruby dread Rufus’s arrival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Old Gabriel in “The Wildcat” is said to be one of O’Connor’s most universal characters, what critics dub an “everyman”. Why do you think that Old Gabriel is considered a universal character? What themes in The Wildcat are relatable to all people?

Essay Topic 2

Many of O’Connor’s characters deep fears happen to them at the end of the stories. How does O’Connor use foreshadowing to warn her readers about what is to happen?

Essay Topic 3

How does Flannery O'Connor use the physically grotesque to illustrate the beautiful? Discuss the meaning she might have implied with the use of the one-armed man, the club-footed delinquent, the retarded young woman, and the neglected boy who seeks heaven in the river.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 767 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample