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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, what does Granny see around Dr. Harry?
(a) Rosy nimbus
(b) Dark cloud
(c) Soft light
(d) Gray fog

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

3. What does Granny say to the doctor as she considers what she wanted to give her children?
(a) Don’t bother me
(b) Hush and be quiet
(c) Shut up
(d) Go away

4. According to Granny, what does a woman need inside her to have her full health?
(a) Love
(b) Child
(c) Good food
(d) Milk

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

6. As Granny moves toward death, how does she see her body?
(a) Lump of clay
(b) Slow breath fading away
(c) Useless and quiet
(d) Mass of shadow in an endless darkness

7. What does Granny tell Dr. Harry she would like when he returns to see her?
(a) To have dinner
(b) To be left alone
(c) To have lunch
(d) To lie in peace and get rested

8. When Granny finds the person she really wants to see, what does that person have?
(a) Food
(b) A small toddler
(c) Dessert
(d) A baby

9. What sit on embroidered linen in Granny’s room?
(a) Makeup
(b) Books
(c) Hair brushes and tonic bottles
(d) Perfumes

10. What does Granny think when Father Connolly touches her?
(a) Stop that
(b) That is comforting
(c) I’m a married woman
(d) I needed that

11. Who is the only person Granny would have exchanged her husband for?
(a) St. Gabriel
(b) St. Martin
(c) St. Michael
(d) No one

12. What would lighting the lamp dispel in the children?
(a) Anxiety
(b) Fighting
(c) Fear
(d) Quarrelling

13. What does Granny consider doing or she won’t be able to sleep?
(a) Pull the shades down
(b) Close the curtains
(c) Use the bathroom
(d) Get a drink

14. What does Granny pull out from her dress?
(a) Rosary
(b) Book of Psalms
(c) New Testament
(d) Missal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny think of the world she found after being jilted?

2. What does Granny think is going to happen after she feels something shake her?

3. When does Granny plan to get back to work again?

4. After the doctor leaves her room, who does Granny believe is whispering in her ear?

5. When will the others come to see Granny?

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