A Good Man is Hard to Find

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Where do the grandmother and her family live?

A) east Tennessee

B) Florida

C) Atlanta

D) Mobile

2. If anyone finds the grandmother dead on the highway, what would she want them to know about her from her clothes?

A) She doesn’t care about her appearance.

B) She is a lady.

C) She is from east Tennessee.

D) She owns a cat.

3. How many grandchildren does the grandmother have?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

4. Who is Pitty Sing?

A) the grandmother’s cat

B) John Wesley’s favorite singer

C) Bailey’s sister

D) the baby

5. What is The Tower? (short answer)

6. Who says the title line, “A good man is hard to find”?

A) the grandmother

B) Red Sammy

C) June Star

D) The Misfit

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