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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. After sixty years, who does Granny decide she would like to see?
(a) Her father
(b) Her mother
(c) George
(d) Dr. Porter

2. What was the first sickness that Granny pulled through without Dr. Harry?
(a) TB
(b) Milk-leg
(c) Mastitis
(d) Whooping cough

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

4. How does Granny describe the way her bones feel at the beginning of the story?
(a) Creaky
(b) Brittle
(c) Loose
(d) Tight

5. Why does Granny grasp what she grasps toward the end?
(a) Wants something alive
(b) It is comforting
(c) She just needs something to keep her fingers still.
(d) She wants to feel close to God

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Granny?

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

3. At the beginning of the story, what does Granny ask the doctor to take with him and go?

4. What is the first thing Granny thinks she hears after the doctor leaves?

5. What does the tall dresser in Granny’s room have on it?

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