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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 do after Cornelia leaves her?
(a) Knits
(b) Looks out the window
(c) Drowses
(d) Reads

2. After Granny considers her life, what flashes on her closed eyelids?
(a) Lamp
(b) Light
(c) Flashlight
(d) Candle

3. What does Granny imagine stepping up into?
(a) Church
(b) School
(c) Carriage
(d) Cart

4. If John came back, who would he look for?
(a) A young woman with fair complexion and unwrinkled skin
(b) A young woman with small children
(c) A young woman with dark hair
(d) A young woman with a Spanish comb in her hair and a painted fan

5. Who else can wear the jewelry that Granny wants to give Cornelia?
(a) Lydia
(b) Cornelia
(c) Hapsy
(d) Cornelia’s daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the faces of Granny’s children appear to her toward the end of the story?

2. As Granny continues to imagine, what does she see?

3. How does Granny describe the way the doctor moves around the bed?

4. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?

5. What would Granny tell John sometimes if she could?

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