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Plot
Characters
Gothic Elements
AP Survival Terms
Mystery
100
What part does the grandmother’s cat play?
It jumps on Bailey, causing the car crash.
100
What relationship did the grandmother claim The Misfit had to her?
She said he was her son.
100
Name on Gothic element: " 'Bailey Boy!' the grandmother called in a tragic voice but she found she was looking at The Misfit squatting on the ground in front of her. 'I just know you're a good man,' she said desperately. 'You're not a bit common!' "
Damsel in distress or High, even overwrought emotion
100
"In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady."
Foreshadowing
100
Which of The Misfit's family members did he keep talking about? (This person was not present)
The Misfit's father
200
What was the weather like when the family's car was overturned?
" 'Ain't a cloud in the sky,' he [The Misfit] remarked, looking up at it. 'Don't see no sun but don't see no cloud neither.' "
200
What are the names of the two grandchildren?
John Wesley and June Star.
200
Name the Gothic element: "She...recalled an old plantation that she had visited in this neighborhood once when she was a young lady...the grandmother recalled other points about the house, the beautiful glass over the front doorway and the candle-lamp in the hall. John Wesley said that the secret panel was probably in the fireplace."
Setting in a castle
200
"The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest."
Simile
200
What animal was at Red Sammy’s tower?
A monkey
300
Where was the actual location of the grandmother's plantation house?
Tennessee
300
How many generations are there in the story?
There are three generations. (The grandchildren, their parents, and the grandmother)
300
Name the Gothic element: “The grandmother had the peculiar feeling that the bespectacled man was someone she knew. His face was as familiar to her as if she had known him all her life but she could not recall who he was.”
Atmosphere of mystery and suspense
300
" 'Where's the plantation?' John Wesley asked. 'Gone with the Wind' said the grandmother. 'Ha. Ha.' "
Allusion
300
Where did the grandmother not want to go?
Florida
400
How many of the three men who got out of the car were holding guns?
All three of them
400
Who is Bailey?
Bailey is the Grandmother’s son whom she lived with.
400
Name the Gothic element: "Here this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people...I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it."
Omens, visions, and portents
400
"The dirt road was hilly and there were sudden washes in it and sharp curves on dangerous embankments. All at once they would be on a hill, looking down over the blue tree tops of the trees for miles around, then the next minute, they would be in a red depression with the dust-coated trees looking down on them."
Visual imagery
400
In the grandmother’s story, what were the initials carved into the watermelon?
E-A-T
500
Which character said this? "A good man is hard to find...everything is getting terrible. I remember the day you could go off and leave your screen door unlatched. Not no more."
Red Sammy
500
What was one of the names of the Misfit's companions?
Bobby Lee/Hiram
500
" 'Now look here Bailey,' she said, 'see here, read this,' and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head."
Southern Gothic spinster
500
"The thought was so embarrassing that she turned red in the face and her eyes dilated and her feet jumped up, upsetting her valise in the corner."
Kinesthetic imagery
500
What song did Red Sam’s wife play?
"The Tennessee Waltz”