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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. How does Granny say that life can be wasted?
(a) Don’t spend time with your children
(b) Don’t build relationships
(c) Waste opportunities
(d) Waste good food

2. What would Granny tell John sometimes if she could?
(a) That she missed him
(b) That she didn’t do badly
(c) That she made it on her own
(d) That she brought the children up right

3. When Granny is talking to herself, how does Granny’s face feel when Cornelia asks her mother what she has said?
(a) Hard knots
(b) Stressed
(c) Lined
(d) Smooth

4. 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

5. What does Granny flick from Dr. Harry’s grasp at the beginning of the story?
(a) Elbow
(b) Wrist
(c) Hand
(d) Hair

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Granny plan to go through tomorrow?

3. What colored jugs are on the pantry shelves?

4. What does Father Connolly usually do when he comes to visit Granny?

5. How do the faces of Granny’s children appear to her toward the end of the story?

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