its hard to find a good man studysync quiz

(good man) What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 127)? Alone with The Misfit, the grandmother found that she had lost her voice. There was not a cloud in the sky nor any sun. There was nothing around her but woods. She wanted to tell him that he must pray. She opened and closed her mouth several times before anything came out. Finally she found herself saying, "Jesus. Jesus," meaning, Jesus will help you, but the way she was saying it, it sounded as if she might be cursing. A. The grandmother is so overcome by fear she cannot maintain control of her voice. B. The grandmother is angry at Jesus for letting her get into this situation C. The weather has become strange in response to what is transpiring with the Misfit D. The grandmother has lost her voice due to laryngitis

A

(good man) How does the author mostly build a feeling of foreboding? A. With heavy symbolism B. With specific and striking detail C. With loud action sequences D. With a twist ending

B

(good man) Which phrase most likely expresses the author's stance in relation to her characters? A. Sentimental engagement B. Ironic detachment C. Scornful mockery D. They are her mouthpiece

B

(good man) How does the conversation that takes place with the proprietor of The Tower most likely contribute to the story? A. It is presented as a necessary pit stop to add realism to the story B. The grandmother's worldview is given exposition and validation by at least one other person C. It discredits the grandmother's paranoia and fuzzy nostalgia D. It supplies local color and comic relief

B

(good man) What most likely can be inferred from the passage below (paragraph 116)? The Misfit sneered slightly. "Nobody had nothing I wanted," he said. "It was a head-doctor at the penitentiary said what I had done was kill my daddy but I known that for a lie. My daddy died in nineteen ought nineteen of the epidemic flu and I never had a thing to do with it. He was buried in the Mount Hopewell Baptist churchyard and you can go there and see for yourself." A. The Misfit is trying to find a reason to let the grandmother go free B. The Misfit's father really did die of the Spanish Influenza C. The Misfit is mentally ill. D. The Misfit was unjustly incarcerated

C

(good man) Which of the following most closely expresses the point of view from which the story is told? A. Second-person omniscient B. First person C. Third-person omniscient D. Third-person limited

D

author of a good man is hard to find

Flannery O'Connor

(good man) Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7? A. "Nobody had nothing I wanted," he said B. "It was a head-doctor at the penitentiary said what I had done was kill my daddy but I known that for a lie." C. "My daddy died in nineteen ought nineteen of the epidemic flu and I never had a thing to do with it." D. "He was buried in the Mount Hopewell Baptist churchyard and you can go there and see for yourself."

b

(good man) Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5? A. Alone with The Misfit, the grandmother found that she had lost her voice B. There was nothing around her but woods C. She opened and closed her mouth several times before anything came out. D. Finally she found herself saying, "Jesus. Jesus," meaning, Jesus will help you, but the way she was saying it, it sounded as if she might be cursing

d