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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. Where does Granny have to go to find the person she really wants to see?
(a) Outside
(b) Into the kitchen
(c) Great many rooms
(d) Through a meadow

2. Why doesn’t Granny wave good-bye to Dr. Harry?
(a) Too much trouble
(b) Too frustrated
(c) Too mad
(d) Too tired

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

4. When Granny tells Cornelia to go away, what does she tell Cornelia not to do?
(a) Whisper
(b) Hover
(c) Cook
(d) Clean

5. What did Granny always hate?
(a) Sickness
(b) Surprises
(c) Death beds
(d) Funerals

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?

3. What does Granny feel Father Connolly do toward the end of the story?

4. What does Granny say to the doctor as she considers what she wanted to give her children?

5. What does Lydia say when she comes to see Granny?

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