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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. What do Granny and the person she really wants to see lean forward to do?

2. When Dr. Harry returns, how long does Granny believe that he has been gone?

3. Why doesn’t Granny wave good-bye to Dr. Harry?

4. What is Granny’s last act?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things that Granny had to do mostly by herself?

2. What does Granny wish for?

3. Why doesn’t Granny want Dr. Harry attending to her?

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

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

6. How did Granny think of John, and why has her view of him changed?

7. How does Granny like to have everything?

8. After Dr. Harry leaves in the morning, what does Granny think of while she lays and drowses?

9. How does Cornelia’s voice seem to Granny after Granny looks at her husband’s picture?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny’s mind slips from the present to the past. Does Granny remember both good and bad memories? What emotions are stirred as Granny remembers the past? Do her memories prepare her to die?

Essay Topic 2

Granny considers herself to have been jilted twice. What are the two times that she was jilted? What emotions does she feel during these times? Is one jilting more traumatic than the other?

Essay Topic 3

All of Granny’s children are at her side when she dies. Do her children still respect Granny? How do Lydia and Jimmy show that they still respect their mother? How does Cornelia show respect? What is Granny’s relationship with her grown children?

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