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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. If John came back, who would he look for?
(a) A young woman with a Spanish comb in her hair and a painted fan
(b) A young woman with small children
(c) A young woman with dark hair
(d) A young woman with fair complexion and unwrinkled skin

2. How many of the sick that Granny tended died?
(a) Hardly any of them
(b) None
(c) Only two
(d) Just a few

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

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

5. How does Granny describe the way the doctor moves around the bed?
(a) Glides like a swan
(b) Floats like a balloon
(c) Stumbles like a clown
(d) Patters like a mouse

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?

2. What is on the table by Granny’s bed?

3. When Granny tells Cornelia to go away, what does she tell Cornelia not to do?

4. How does Granny think her housekeeping compares to Cornelia’s?

5. What does Granny want picked completely this year and not wasted?

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