A Good Man Is Hard To Find Quiz
1) Why does Bailey say they are not allowed inside the house? (from Detailed
Summary & Analysis)
It will take too long
It will bring back too many bad memories
It is likely to be too run down
They don't know who lives there
2) Why does June Star not want to hold hands with Bobby Lee? (from Detailed Summary
& Analysis)
He is smelly
She reminds him of a pig
He is going to kill her
His hands are dirty
3) What does Bailey do when the cat jumps onto his shoulder? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
He loses control of the car
He screams
He jumps out of the car
He uses the lords name in vain
4) Why does Grandmother kick the valise? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Bailey says something cruel
She gets over excited
John hits her in the stomach
She has a sudden realization
5) What does Bailey do with the cat? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Pulls it tail
Put it back in the valise
Throws it out of the window
Kills it
6) What does Baily begin to ask for? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
The time
Help
Directions
Food
7) Who does June Star not want to hold hands with? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Hiram
Her mother
The Misfit
Bobby Lee
8) What year does Misfit say his father died? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
1934
1903
1919
1886
9) What does the driver tell John to do? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Find some wood
Be quiet
Smile
Stay with his mother
10) What happens to the car when Bailey loses control? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
It drives into a river
It drives into a ditch
It turns over
It runs into a field
11) What is the reason Grandmother says Misfit won't shoot her? (from Detailed Summary
& Analysis)
He needs her
He will go to jail
She is old
She is a lady
12) What does the Grandmother ask the Misfit? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
If he would shoot an old lady
If he believes in the devil
If he has a soul
If he has a cigarette
13) What was grandmother's sudden realization that caused the accident? (from Detailed
Summary & Analysis)
She had forgotten her purse
The plantation was not in Georgia
The plantation and house was destroyed when she was a child
She never liked the plantation
14) Why does Grandmother take her cat onto the trip? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
She is afraid it will die
She wants to annoy Bailey
She wants its company
She does not want it to be alone
15) What does Grandmother's kick release from the valise? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
Water
All their food
Mice
The cat
16) What does the Misfit do with the shirt? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
He puts it on
He ties it around his waist
He throws it at Grandmother
He tears it up
17) Who says "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose
in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did."? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Grandmother
Red Sammy's wife
Mother
Bailey
18) What does the Misfit apologize to the women about? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
For his gallows humor
For his body odour
For not wearing a shirt
For being a bad person
19) What does Grandmother say when the Misfit says only Jesus can raise the dead? (from
Detailed Summary & Analysis)
He raised only good people from the dead
Maybe he did not raise the daed
Too true
He was a liar
20) What does the Misfit call the psychiatrist at the penitentiary? (from Detailed Summary
& Analysis)
A mind sucker
A head doctor
A mental agent
A fool
21) What does John Wesley ask about? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
The type of car they have
The drivers name
Why the driver is not wearing a shirt
The men's guns
22) What does Misfit continue to do when he hears the two gun shots? (from Detailed
Summary & Analysis)
Talk about the past
Laugh
Shout at Mother
Fix the car
23)What does Grandma do when Bailey chastises her? (from Detailed Summary &
Analysis)
She grabs one of the men’s guns
She hits him
She cries
She faints
24) What does the Misfit ask Mother? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Would like some water
Would you like his shirt
Would you like to join your husband
Would you like to leave
25) Why is Bailey so impatient? (from Detailed Summary & Analysis)
Because the driving conditions are so bad
Because the baby is crying
Because the children are fighting
Because grandmother will not stop talking