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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 always hate?
(a) Death beds
(b) Funerals
(c) Sickness
(d) Surprises

2. Who else can wear the jewelry that Granny wants to give Cornelia?
(a) Lydia
(b) Cornelia’s daughter
(c) Hapsy
(d) Cornelia

3. In her mind, what does Granny tell herself not to get the upper hand of her?
(a) Wounded vanity
(b) Distant grief
(c) Sorrow
(d) Anger

4. Who does Granny really want to see?
(a) Jimmy
(b) Lydia
(c) George
(d) Hapsy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Granny’s father have on his last birthday?

2. How does Granny say that life can be wasted?

3. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?

4. What does Granny feel Father Connolly do toward the end of the story?

5. Who is the only person Granny would have exchanged her husband for?

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