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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Granny plan to get back to work again?
(a) Tomorrow
(b) After supper
(c) Before supper
(d) After her nap

2. Who does Granny hear whispering from a long way off after she sees the person she really has wanted to see?
(a) Jimmy
(b) Dr. Harry
(c) Lydia
(d) Cornelia

3. What does Cornelia say to her husband after Granny makes a request and says that she is cold because her circulation is stopped from resting in bed?
(a) Mother seems cross
(b) Mother is getting childish
(c) Mother seems tired
(d) Mother is cranky

4. Why is it important that Granny give Lydia something special?
(a) She is sick
(b) She has a worthless husband
(c) She has young children to raise
(d) She is a widow

5. When Granny thinks about death, how does it feel?
(a) Clammy and unfamiliar
(b) Comforting
(c) Warm and familiar
(d) Frightening

6. What does Granny feel Father Connolly do toward the end of the story?
(a) Take her hand
(b) Smooth her covers
(c) Tickle her feet
(d) Sprinkle water on her forehead

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

8. What would Granny say to her children when it was time to come in from playing?
(a) Come in for supper
(b) It’s getting dark
(c) Time for bed
(d) Don’t stay out in the night air

9. When has Cornelia seen her mother as she is now?
(a) 2 years ago
(b) Never
(c) When her father died
(d) When her last sibling was born

10. What does the tall dresser in Granny’s room have on it?
(a) John’s picture
(b) Picture of the children
(c) Picture of Granny and John on their wedding day
(d) Granny’s picture

11. How far does Lydia drive to talk with her mother?
(a) 53 miles
(b) 80 miles
(c) 72 miles
(d) 69 miles

12. What did Granny compare her children to when she lit the lamps?
(a) Puppies
(b) Little calves
(c) Kittens
(d) Little ducks

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

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

15. What happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?
(a) Sent to an orphanage
(b) Thrown out and wasted
(c) Cut and served at a party
(d) Sent to an old folk’s home

Short Answer Questions

1. As Granny thinks and tries to nap, how does she describe the day?

2. What does Granny flick from Dr. Harry’s grasp at the beginning of the story?

3. How does Granny describe the way that Cornelia’s mouth moves, when Granny cannot hear Cornelia?

4. After describing Dr. Harry, how does Cornelia’s voice sound to Granny?

5. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?

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