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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Granny trying to take a little nap?

2. What response does Granny get when she tells the doctor what she wants?

3. After thinking about the jilting, what does Granny see Hapsy wearing?

4. How does Granny describe the way that Cornelia’s mouth moves, when Granny cannot hear Cornelia?

5. As Granny looks at the valley, where will the sight that she watches move next?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Granny observe about Cornelia in the morning?

3. What does Granny wish for?

4. What happened to Granny’s world when she was jilted?

5. After feeling something wet, what does Granny consider about Cornelia and say to her?

6. What does Granny feel and hear after considering whether to close the shades?

7. How does Hapsy look to Granny?

8. Why doesn’t Granny want to see Dr. Henry again?

9. What are Dr. Harry and Cornelia whispering about in the morning?

10. What does Granny want after Dr. Harry leaves in the morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny’s last name is a symbol of all she has experienced and survived in her life? What are some things that Granny has weathered? How has she dealt with the challenges in her life? Did she seem to weather all that she faced?

Essay Topic 2

After sixty years, Granny still struggles with being left at the altar. How does Granny feel when she thinks about being jilted? Has time lessened her feelings? Has the jilting affected how she looks at life? When did Granny feel like she had been jilted again? Why did her death feel like being jilted?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses stream of consciousness to tell the story. How does this technique help readers to feel what Granny is feeling? Does this technique make it difficult to follow the story? How does this technique effectively show Granny’s thoughts and feelings as she dies?

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