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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dug the post holes when Granny fenced in an acreage?
(a) Jimmy
(b) Lydia
(c) Granny
(d) Cornelia

2. Like what does Granny’s pillow seem to float?
(a) Hammock
(b) Leaves
(c) Cloud
(d) Feathers

3. How many years did Granny live with kerosene lamps?
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 45
(d) 50

4. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she see in her mind’s eye?
(a) Smoke
(b) Thunder and lightning
(c) Rain
(d) Hell

5. What is Father Connolly murmuring toward the end of the story?
(a) Last rites
(b) In Latin
(c) A Mass
(d) Psalm 23

6. Who does Granny believe cleared a straight road to God for her?
(a) Father Connolly
(b) Favorite saints
(c) Mary, mother of Jesus
(d) Ancestors who have gone on before

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

8. Where does Dr. Harry touch Granny when she asks him to leave?
(a) Forehead
(b) Knee
(c) Hand
(d) Shoulder

9. How does Granny describe what she sees in the valley?
(a) Soft evening light highlighting the trees and creek
(b) Marching across the creek and swallowing the trees
(c) Bright warm patches of light and shadow
(d) Drops of rain sweeping through the trees and spattering in the creek

10. How far does Lydia drive to talk with her mother?
(a) 53 miles
(b) 72 miles
(c) 80 miles
(d) 69 miles

11. What colored jugs are on the pantry shelves?
(a) Cream
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Brown

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

13. When has Cornelia seen her mother as she is now?
(a) Never
(b) 2 years ago
(c) When her father died
(d) When her last sibling was born

14. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, how does Granny describe Dr. Harry?
(a) Like a devil
(b) Like an angel
(c) Like a saint
(d) Like a ghost

15. Who tries to help Lydia put something back in Granny’s hands?
(a) Jimmy
(b) Dr. Harry
(c) Father Connelly
(d) Cornelia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Granny thinks she hears after the doctor leaves?

2. What does Granny think when Father Connolly touches her?

3. What color was the flame when the lamp was lit?

4. What is Cornelia saying as her mother is dying?

5. Who does Granny really want to see?

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