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

2. How many birds does Granny imagine she hears?
(a) 1,000
(b) 45
(c) 20
(d) 500

3. How many of the sick that Granny tended died?
(a) Hardly any of them
(b) Just a few
(c) None
(d) Only two

4. As Granny looks at the valley, where will the sight that she watches move next?
(a) Pasture
(b) Orchard
(c) Hog pen
(d) Barn

5. What does Granny want to tell the person she hasn’t seen for sixty years?
(a) That she hates him
(b) That she forgot him
(c) That she never missed him
(d) That she still loves him

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Granny say to her children when it was time to come in from playing?

2. According to Granny, what does a woman need inside her to have her full health?

3. As Granny tries to nap, what color is the light that streams in when her eyelids waver?

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

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

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