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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 think were in her bed yesterday?
(a) Ticks
(b) Spiders
(c) Fleas
(d) Sugar ants

2. What is Cornelia saying as her mother is dying?
(a) I love you Mother
(b) God bless you, Mother
(c) Oh Mother, oh, Mother, oh, Mother
(d) Please don’t go Mother

3. What is Father Connolly murmuring toward the end of the story?
(a) Psalm 23
(b) In Latin
(c) Last rites
(d) A Mass

4. What color were John’s eyes in a picture in Granny’s room?
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Black
(d) Blue

5. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?
(a) Inconvenience
(b) Waste
(c) Nonsense
(d) Idiocy

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the birds singing that Granny imagines hearing?

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

3. What does Granny feel around her wrist?

4. How did Granny’s day start out?

5. What does Granny do after Cornelia leaves her?

(see the answer key)

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