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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?
(a) Bring a drink
(b) Close windows
(c) Straighten the covers
(d) Get Hapsy

2. How does Granny describe the way that Cornelia’s mouth moves, when Granny cannot hear Cornelia?
(a) Moves in strange shapes
(b) In angles and planes
(c) Open and closes silently
(d) Twists and turns

3. What is on top of the bronze clock?
(a) Loving cup
(b) Statue
(c) Books
(d) Lion

4. How does Granny describe the way her bones feel at the beginning of the story?
(a) Tight
(b) Loose
(c) Brittle
(d) Creaky

5. What color is the embroidered linen in Granny’s room?
(a) Yellow
(b) Beige
(c) Blue
(d) White

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny feel around her wrist?

2. What does Granny decide to do when she can’t figure out why the shades are not down?

3. When Granny considers something that was not given back, where does she feel pain that rises?

4. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?

5. As Granny moves toward death, how does she describe the way her thoughts are going?

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