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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) Deep roaring
(b) Thunder
(c) Explosion
(d) Children

2. How old is Granny?
(a) Nearly 80
(b) 82
(c) 79
(d) Nearly 90

3. Who does Granny believe cleared a straight road to God for her?
(a) Favorite saints
(b) Father Connolly
(c) Mary, mother of Jesus
(d) Ancestors who have gone on before

4. At the beginning of the story, what does Granny ask the doctor to take with him and go?
(a) Schoolbooks
(b) Stethoscope
(c) Prodding fingers
(d) Cold hands

5. What does Cornelia say to her husband after Granny makes a request and says that she is cold because her circulation is stopped from resting in bed?
(a) Mother is getting childish
(b) Mother seems tired
(c) Mother is cranky
(d) Mother seems cross

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny is talking to herself, how does Granny’s face feel when Cornelia asks her mother what she has said?

2. Why does Lydia come to talk with her mother?

3. When has Cornelia seen her mother as she is now?

4. What does Granny ask for after she thinks about her father?

5. What types of glasses are on the pantry shelves?

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