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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Granny want to give Cornelia?
(a) Amethyst set
(b) Diamond necklace
(c) Ruby ring
(d) Sapphire ring
2. What was a frequent topic of Father Connolly’s stories?
(a) A Scotchman
(b) A lapsed Catholic
(c) An Irishman
(d) A Southern Baptist
3. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, what does Granny see around Dr. Harry?
(a) Gray fog
(b) Rosy nimbus
(c) Soft light
(d) Dark cloud
4. What was the first sickness that Granny pulled through without Dr. Harry?
(a) Milk-leg
(b) Whooping cough
(c) TB
(d) Mastitis
5. What did Granny always hate?
(a) Sickness
(b) Funerals
(c) Surprises
(d) Death beds
6. As Granny looks at the valley, where will the sight that she watches move next?
(a) Pasture
(b) Hog pen
(c) Orchard
(d) Barn
7. Who dug the post holes when Granny fenced in an acreage?
(a) Cornelia
(b) Jimmy
(c) Lydia
(d) Granny
8. What color is the tall dresser in the room where Granny is?
(a) Brown
(b) White
(c) Cream
(d) Black
9. What does Granny plan to go through tomorrow?
(a) Hope chest
(b) Spare bedroom
(c) Pantry
(d) Box of letters
10. Like what does Granny’s pillow seem to float?
(a) Cloud
(b) Feathers
(c) Hammock
(d) Leaves
11. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?
(a) Bring a drink
(b) Get Hapsy
(c) Close windows
(d) Straighten the covers
12. What is Cornelia saying as her mother is dying?
(a) Please don’t go Mother
(b) God bless you, Mother
(c) I love you Mother
(d) Oh Mother, oh, Mother, oh, Mother
13. As Granny tries to nap, what color is the light that streams in when her eyelids waver?
(a) Bright white
(b) Blue-gray
(c) Soft yellow
(d) Hazy gray
14. When has Cornelia seen her mother as she is now?
(a) When her last sibling was born
(b) When her father died
(c) 2 years ago
(d) Never
15. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?
(a) Go live with her friend
(b) Go back to her own house
(c) Go to another child’s house
(d) Go to sleep and never wake up
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Granny want to send Sister Borgia?
2. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she see in her mind’s eye?
3. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?
4. How does Cornelia keep secrets?
5. When is it when Dr. Harry comes back to see Granny?
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