A+Good+Man+is+Hard+To+Find+Short+Story++Study+Questions


 * “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Study Questions, Part 1**
 * “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Study Questions, Part 1**


 * Identifying Facts**. Answer the following questions in however many words or sentences are necessary.

1. What kind of a person is the grandmother? Be sure to provide some specific examples from the story to support your answer.

2. How would you characterize the other members of the family? What about their group dynamic?

3. Look closely at the grandmother’s conversation with Red Sammy and his wife on pp. 382-383. What do they talk about? In what ways is their conversation ironic?

4. Why does the family get into a wreck?

5. According to the Misfit, why was he put in a penitentiary “that first time”?

6. What does the Misfit say about Jesus?

7. How does this story as whole fit into the genre of the Southern Gothic?