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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 shakes Granny after she considers who she might have exchanged her husband for?
(a) Children
(b) Thunder
(c) Explosion
(d) Deep roaring

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

3. What word does Granny use to describe lighting the lamps?
(a) Special
(b) Compelling
(c) Frightening
(d) Beautiful

4. How many times has Granny told Cornelia that lying in bed stops circulation?
(a) 50
(b) 1,000
(c) 500
(d) 20

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Granny pull through some sicknesses without Dr. Harry?

2. What does Granny say she wants when Cornelia comes to her after the doctor leaves?

3. When Dr. Harry comes back, how does he describe Granny?

4. What color were John’s eyes?

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

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