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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. Why does Granny want to send something to Sister Borgia?
(a) For her dyspepsia
(b) For her gout
(c) For her garden
(d) For the Abbey’s garden

2. What does Granny think of the world she found after being jilted?
(a) Better
(b) Wonderful
(c) Hard
(d) Burdensome

3. As Granny imagines something, what won’t her companion give her?
(a) Hymnal
(b) Book
(c) Rosary
(d) Reins

4. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
(a) Why is everyone coming?
(b) Whose birthday is it?
(c) What did you say?
(d) Why aren’t you getting supper?

5. Like what does Granny’s pillow seem to float?
(a) Feathers
(b) Cloud
(c) Hammock
(d) Leaves

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet name does Jimmy call his mother?

2. What does Granny flick from Dr. Harry’s grasp at the beginning of the story?

3. What does Granny feel around her wrist?

4. As Granny moves toward death, how does she describe the way her thoughts are going?

5. What is the temperature of what Cornelia puts on Granny when she checks on her?

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