A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing?

• a town called "Toomsboro"

• The children's bad behavior

• reading about the Misfit in the newspaper

• the grandma dressing for her funeral

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Who says, "A good man is hard to find"?

• Grandma

• the Misfit

• Red Sammy Butts

• Bailey

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Grandma and the Misfit use "penitentiary" instead of "prison, the jailhouse, slammer, the pen," there are several layers of meaning to unravel with this use. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

• The irony that prisons produce criminals.

• The Misfit shows a lack of "penance," which is admitting to wrong and asking forgiveness.

• "Prison" wasn't in common use when Flannery O'Connor wrote this story.

• There is a redistribution of blame, taking the focus away from the Misfit's crime, and showing that he is just one part in the random nature of crime, whether we want to view this as chance or fate is left up to the reader.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who has the face "as broad and innocent as a cabbage"?

• The baby's mom

• Grandma

• Bailey

• June Star

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is the Protagonist of "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

• The Grandmother

• June Star

• John Wesley

• The Misfit

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who said it?

"Tennessee is just a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia is a lousy state too."

• Hiram

• The Misfit

• Bobby Lee

• John Wesley

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Grandma pleads with the Misfit and says, "Pray! Jesus, you ought not to shoot a lady." Is she talking to the Misfit like he is Jesus?

• Yes.

• No.

• The question is left up to the teacher to decide.

• It is left ambiguous for the reader to decide.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"...the grandmother's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured,

• "No pleasure but meanness."

• "Why you are one of my babies. You're one of my own children."

• "A good man is hard to find."

• "You wouldn't shoot a lady, would you?"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Based on the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," what inference can you make about the grandmother's character from her interactions with the Misfit?

• She is manipulative and self-centered.

• She is compassionate and understanding.

• She is indifferent and detached.

• She is naive and innocent.

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TX.110.36.C.4F

In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," how does Flannery O'Connor use the character of the Misfit as a foil to the grandmother?

• By highlighting the Misfit's kindness.

• By contrasting the Misfit's honesty with the grandmother's deceit.

• By showing the Misfit's ignorance.

• By emphasizing the Misfit's wealth.

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TX.110.36.C.6B