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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 does Granny think there is in the everlasting hand of God?
(a) Leaves
(b) Destiny
(c) Flowers
(d) Fate

2. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, how does Granny describe Dr. Harry?
(a) Like a devil
(b) Like a ghost
(c) Like a saint
(d) Like an angel

3. What was the first sickness that Granny pulled through without Dr. Harry?
(a) TB
(b) Mastitis
(c) Milk-leg
(d) Whooping cough

4. How does Cornelia look to Granny when Cornelia checks on Granny?
(a) Sad and pensive
(b) Bright-eyed and happy
(c) Her eyes are wet and her nose is red
(d) Her features are swollen and full of little puddles

5. As Granny thinks and tries to nap, how does she describe the day?
(a) Green day with a fresh breeze
(b) Windy
(c) Sunny day with a warm breeze
(d) Stormy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Granny describe the way her bones feel at the beginning of the story?

2. What does the person that Granny really wants to see say to her?

3. What did Granny compare her children to when she lit the lamps?

4. Why doesn’t Granny wave good-bye to Dr. Harry?

5. After thinking about her father, what most annoys Granny about Cornelia?

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