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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Granny tries to nap, what color is the light that streams in when her eyelids waver?
(a) Soft yellow
(b) Blue-gray
(c) Bright white
(d) Hazy gray

2. How does Granny feel when she looks back at all she accomplished alone?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Tired, but happy
(c) Roll up her sleeves and put the place to rights again
(d) Satisfied and content

3. How old did Granny’s father live to be?
(a) 102
(b) 98
(c) 89
(d) 101

4. When Granny fenced in an acreage, who helped her clamp the wires?
(a) Negro boy
(b) Hired hand
(c) Neighbor
(d) Hobo

5. How many of the sick that Granny tended died?
(a) Hardly any of them
(b) Only two
(c) None
(d) Just a few

6. As Granny moves toward death, how does she see her body?
(a) Slow breath fading away
(b) Useless and quiet
(c) Lump of clay
(d) Mass of shadow in an endless darkness

7. What does Granny think is going to happen after she feels something shake her?
(a) Death
(b) Storm
(c) Tornado
(d) A visitor will come

8. Who is the only person Granny would have exchanged her husband for?
(a) St. Martin
(b) St. Michael
(c) St. Gabriel
(d) No one

9. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?
(a) Hard pull
(b) Work and laughter
(c) Nothing but struggle
(d) Hardship and toil

10. What response does Granny get when she tells the doctor what she wants?
(a) Scolding
(b) No answer
(c) Her wish
(d) Appeasing chat

11. When is it when Dr. Harry comes back to see Granny?
(a) Afternoon
(b) Supper time
(c) Night
(d) Lunch time

12. What colored jugs are on the pantry shelves?
(a) Brown
(b) Blue
(c) Green
(d) Cream

13. What color was the flame when the lamp was lit?
(a) Orange
(b) Red
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

14. What does Lydia say when she comes to see Granny?
(a) It is raining
(b) Here are the children
(c) How are you feeling
(d) We drove as fast as we could

15. What does Granny wish to do with Cornelia when she thinks about her daughter’s qualities?
(a) Scream
(b) Spank
(c) Hug
(d) Praise

Short Answer Questions

1. What color rug was on the floor of the room when Granny learned she had been jilted?

2. What did Granny’s father say was his daily habit?

3. When Granny is talking to herself, how does Granny’s face feel when Cornelia asks her mother what she has said?

4. What does Granny want picked completely this year and not wasted?

5. Who sits beside Granny when she imagines stepping up into something?

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