A Good Man is Hard to Find

After the grandmother criticizes the children for not being respectful, she uses racist language. This is an example of

• hyperbole

• sarcasm

• metaphor

• irony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The first foreshadowing about the threatening nature of the men who arrive on the scene is

• they drive slowly

• the grandmother tries to attract their attention

• the noise the car makes

• the car is described as a hearse-like automobile

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The Misfit believes that the grandmother became a “good woman” because she

• liked to pray for everyone

• had strong opinions about family background

• came from a good family

• began to love others when threatened with death

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

It is also ironic that The Misfit

• apologizes for how he is dressed in front of the ladies

• believes that his parents were good people

• repeats that children make him nervous

• tells the grandmother that he is not a good man

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is an example of which genre

• Naturalism

• Southern Gothic

• Transcendentalism

• Magical Realism

The story is told from ____ point of view

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When the grandmother says the plantation was "gone with the wind", she is making a(n)

• allusion

• illusion

• metaphor

• soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The tone of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" would best be described as

• quixotic

• cynical

• valiant

• devotional

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who is Bailey?

• The grandmother's son

• The Cat

• The grandmother

• The youngest daughter

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Who is Pitty Sign

• The grandmother's son

• The Cat

• The grandmother

• The youngest daughter

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4