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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. How long ago did Granny pull through some sicknesses without Dr. Harry?
(a) 55 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 35 years
(d) 40 years

2. How does Granny say that life can be wasted?
(a) Waste good food
(b) Waste opportunities
(c) Don’t spend time with your children
(d) Don’t build relationships

3. What happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?
(a) Cut and served at a party
(b) Sent to an orphanage
(c) Thrown out and wasted
(d) Sent to an old folk’s home

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

5. What was the second illness that Granny pulled through without Dr. Harry?
(a) Mumps
(b) Measles
(c) Polio
(d) Pneumonia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?

2. After sixty years, who does Granny decide she would like to see?

3. What is Cornelia saying as her mother is dying?

4. Who else can wear the jewelry that Granny wants to give Cornelia?

5. According to Granny, what does a woman need inside her to have her full health?

(see the answer key)

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