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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first sickness that Granny pulled through without Dr. Harry?
(a) TB
(b) Whooping cough
(c) Mastitis
(d) Milk-leg

3. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?
(a) Rosary
(b) Handkerchief
(c) Flowers
(d) Missal

4. What color is the tall dresser in the room where Granny is?
(a) Brown
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Cream

5. When Cornelia says to humor Granny because she’s eighty, how does Granny feel?
(a) Like she lives in a thin glass cage
(b) Angry
(c) Frustrated
(d) Like she is being mollycoddled

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the trouble with Cornelia, according to Granny?

2. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?

3. What does the person that Granny really wants to see say to her?

4. What does Granny close her fingers around after Lydia tries to hand her back something?

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

(see the answer key)

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