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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. As Granny continues to imagine, what does she see?
(a) Children playing
(b) Trees leaned over
(c) A funeral
(d) Flowers in a field

2. How do the faces of Granny’s children appear to her toward the end of the story?
(a) Drifting away
(b) Fuzzy and hazy
(c) Fading in and out
(d) Sharp and clear

3. What does Granny want to give Lydia?
(a) 40 acres
(b) House
(c) Bank account
(d) Car

4. At the beginning of the story, to where does Granny pull up her sheet?
(a) Chin
(b) Neck
(c) Waist
(d) Shoulders

5. Where does Granny say that Cornelia always whispers?
(a) In her room
(b) In hallways
(c) At the dinner table
(d) Around doors

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does Jimmy call his mother?

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

3. How does Cornelia keep secrets?

4. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?

5. What sit on embroidered linen in Granny’s room?

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