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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Granny?
(a) 82
(b) 79
(c) Nearly 80
(d) Nearly 90

2. When will the others come to see Granny?
(a) Tomorrow
(b) Soon
(c) At dusk
(d) After supper

3. When did Granny see Dr. Harry that day?
(a) Afternoon
(b) At breakfast
(c) At lunch
(d) Morning

4. What does Granny ask Cornelia after feeling something shake?
(a) What is that sound?
(b) Did you hear that?
(c) Is that lightning?
(d) Is that a vehicle?

5. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?
(a) Get Hapsy
(b) Close windows
(c) Bring a drink
(d) Straighten the covers

6. What does Granny plan to go through tomorrow?
(a) Hope chest
(b) Box of letters
(c) Pantry
(d) Spare bedroom

7. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?
(a) Handkerchief
(b) Flowers
(c) Missal
(d) Rosary

8. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?
(a) Memories
(b) Pain
(c) Sleep
(d) Hunger

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

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

11. What does Granny consider doing or she won’t be able to sleep?
(a) Get a drink
(b) Pull the shades down
(c) Close the curtains
(d) Use the bathroom

12. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
(a) Why aren’t you getting supper?
(b) What did you say?
(c) Whose birthday is it?
(d) Why is everyone coming?

13. At the beginning of the story, to where does Granny pull up her sheet?
(a) Chin
(b) Waist
(c) Shoulders
(d) Neck

14. As Granny tries to take a little nap, where does her pillow press?
(a) Chest
(b) On her shoulders
(c) Heart
(d) Back of her head

15. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?
(a) Go live with her friend
(b) Go to another child’s house
(c) Go to sleep and never wake up
(d) Go back to her own house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny say to the doctor as she considers what she wanted to give her children?

2. How does Granny say that life can be wasted?

3. How does Granny feel when she looks back at all she accomplished alone?

4. What does Cornelia do when her mother tells her to do something?

5. What does Granny feel like doing when she imagines hearing something?

(see the answer keys)

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