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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. According to Granny, what does a woman need inside her to have her full health?
(a) Child
(b) Milk
(c) Good food
(d) Love

2. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?
(a) Waste
(b) Inconvenience
(c) Idiocy
(d) Nonsense

3. What do Granny and the person she really wants to see lean forward to do?
(a) Shake hands
(b) Kiss
(c) Hug
(d) Exchange rings

4. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
(a) Whose birthday is it?
(b) Why is everyone coming?
(c) Why aren’t you getting supper?
(d) What did you say?

5. What did Granny’s father have on his last birthday?
(a) Cobbler
(b) Cake
(c) Wine
(d) Hot toddy

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were John’s eyes in a picture in Granny’s room?

2. Why does Jimmy come to talk to his mother?

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

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

5. What color rug was on the floor of the room when Granny learned she had been jilted?

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