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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 animals does Mrs. Turpin water at the end of “Revelation”?

2. What is Asbury convinced of?

3. What is the girl’s real name in “The Comforts of Home”?

4. Where does Rufus Johnson go to live once he’s released from the reformatory?

5. Who comes to the front door in “Good Country People”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what assumption does the daughter in “Good Country People” and mother trust the Bible salesman?

2. What happens to Mr. Tilman?

3. What does Mrs. Turpin do in the waiting room?

4. What does Julian find embarrassing about his mother?

5. Why does Mrs. May want the bull removed from her pasture?

6. Who is supposed to shoot the bull in “Greanleaf”?

7. Which character has the keenest sense of observation in “A Temple of the Holy Ghost”?

8. Why is Parker initially attracted to his wife?

9. What is Mrs. Tilman worried about?

10. Why does the grandfather in “A View of the Woods” sell parcels of his land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

O’ Connor’s writing is full of absurd images and grotesque scenes. What is absurd about Enoch Emery’s behavior? What is comical about his discoveries, his routine and his expectations? What is O’Connor suggesting by the absurdity of this story?

Essay Topic 2

In “The Geranium”, Old Dudley longs for his friend, Rabie, back in his southern hometown. What is ironic about his longing for home? Why does it bother Old Dudley that the African-American neighbor calls him Old Timer? How are his feelings for the neighbor and his feelings for Rabie contradictory?

Essay Topic 3

In many of O’Connor’s stories, women have aged because of having and rearing children. Which of O’Connor’s stories demonstrated this motif? Which characters lives have been altered, for the negative, because of children? How do women who don’t have children fare in O’Connor’s stories?

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