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

2. What does the tall dresser in Granny’s room have on it?
(a) Picture of Granny and John on their wedding day
(b) John’s picture
(c) Picture of the children
(d) Granny’s picture

3. When has Cornelia seen her mother as she is now?
(a) 2 years ago
(b) When her father died
(c) When her last sibling was born
(d) Never

4. How are Dr. Harry’s fingers described at the beginning of the story?
(a) Fat
(b) Stick-like
(c) Pudgy
(d) Slender

5. After the birth of a child, how long did it usually take Granny to be well again?
(a) 5 days
(b) 4 days
(c) 2 days
(d) 3 days

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny think there is in the everlasting hand of God?

2. At the beginning of the story, what does Granny ask the doctor to take with him and go?

3. What is the trouble with Cornelia, according to Granny?

4. What does Granny think when Father Connolly touches her?

5. When Granny finds the person she really wants to see, what does that person have?

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