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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. What would Granny say to her children when it was time to come in from playing?
(a) Come in for supper
(b) Time for bed
(c) It’s getting dark
(d) Don’t stay out in the night air

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

3. What doesn’t Granny think Cornelia can do without asking?
(a) Discipline her children
(b) Organize a closet
(c) Change furniture around
(d) Bake a cake

4. What would lighting the lamp dispel in the children?
(a) Fighting
(b) Anxiety
(c) Fear
(d) Quarrelling

5. When Granny tells Cornelia to go away, what does she tell Cornelia not to do?
(a) Cook
(b) Clean
(c) Hover
(d) Whisper

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature of what Cornelia puts on Granny when she checks on her?

2. As Granny thinks and tries to nap, how does she describe the day?

3. What does Granny flick from Dr. Harry’s grasp at the beginning of the story?

4. When Granny fenced in an acreage, who helped her clamp the wires?

5. What color is the tall dresser in the room where Granny is?

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