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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 did Granny compare her children to when she lit the lamps?
(a) Little ducks
(b) Little calves
(c) Kittens
(d) Puppies

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

3. What does Granny imagine stepping up into?
(a) Cart
(b) Carriage
(c) School
(d) Church

4. What does Dr. Harry call Granny after she tells him to respect his elders?
(a) Lady
(b) Madam
(c) Missy
(d) Mistress

5. What does Granny plan to go through tomorrow?
(a) Spare bedroom
(b) Hope chest
(c) Pantry
(d) Box of letters

Short Answer Questions

1. What color whirligigs are on the stone-china jars?

2. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?

3. When Cornelia says to humor Granny because she’s eighty, how does Granny feel?

4. What does sleeping in the light give?

5. What does Granny say to the doctor as she considers what she wanted to give her children?

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