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

2. When Granny fenced in an acreage, who helped her clamp the wires?
(a) Hired hand
(b) Hobo
(c) Negro boy
(d) Neighbor

3. What does Granny think were in her bed yesterday?
(a) Fleas
(b) Sugar ants
(c) Spiders
(d) Ticks

4. 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) Lined
(d) Smooth

5. What are the birds singing that Granny imagines hearing?
(a) Dance tune
(b) Doxology
(c) Lullaby
(d) A Mass

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Connolly murmuring toward the end of the story?

2. Who sits beside Granny when she imagines stepping up into something?

3. What does Granny see in the valley?

4. What does Granny actually hear after the doctor leaves her room?

5. What does Granny feel like doing when she imagines hearing something?

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