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

2. What does the tall dresser in Granny’s room have on it?
(a) Granny’s picture
(b) John’s picture
(c) Picture of Granny and John on their wedding day
(d) Picture of the children

3. After Granny tries to tell the doctor what she wants, what whispering does she hear?
(a) Doctor and nurse
(b) Her children
(c) Someone outside the window
(d) Breeze

4. What does Granny compare her soul to?
(a) Nursing baby
(b) Coal
(c) Teething baby
(d) Snow

5. How does Cornelia look to Granny when Cornelia checks on Granny?
(a) Bright-eyed and happy
(b) Sad and pensive
(c) Her features are swollen and full of little puddles
(d) Her eyes are wet and her nose is red

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?

2. What does Granny decide to do when she can’t figure out why the shades are not down?

3. What does Granny close her fingers around after Lydia tries to hand her back something?

4. When Dr. Harry comes back, how does he describe Granny?

5. Why is it important that Granny give Lydia something special?

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