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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granny actually hear after the doctor leaves her room?
(a) Rain drops
(b) Whispering
(c) Mouse
(d) Wind blowing

2. When Granny tells Cornelia to go away, what does she tell Cornelia not to do?
(a) Whisper
(b) Clean
(c) Cook
(d) Hover

3. What does Granny feel Father Connolly do toward the end of the story?
(a) Tickle her feet
(b) Take her hand
(c) Sprinkle water on her forehead
(d) Smooth her covers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While Granny rummages around, what does she find in her mind?

2. How far does Lydia drive to talk with her mother?

3. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?

4. How do the faces of Granny’s children appear to her toward the end of the story?

5. What does Granny say to the doctor as she considers what she wanted to give her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny want to do sometimes when she is frustrated with Cornelia?

2. What did one of men do when Granny learned her groom was not coming?

3. What does Granny think about tomorrow?

4. What reason does Granny give Dr. Harry for taking to her bed?

5. What does Granny think about losing things?

6. What does Cornelia’s voice make Granny think of?

7. What does Granny think about childbirth and how it affected her?

8. What does Granny think Cornelia and her husband say after she asks Cornelia to get her something and why does it frustrate her?

9. How does Hapsy interact with Granny?

10. Why does Granny consider getting up to close the shades?

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