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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jimmy come to talk to his mother?
(a) Discuss raising children
(b) Get advice
(c) Just to spend time with her
(d) Discuss business

2. What does Granny close her fingers around after Lydia tries to hand her back something?
(a) Missal
(b) Jimmy’s thumb
(c) Rosary
(d) Lydia’s hand

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

4. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she see in her mind’s eye?
(a) Smoke
(b) Rain
(c) Hell
(d) Thunder and lightning

5. When Granny considers something that was not given back, where does she feel pain that rises?
(a) Ribs
(b) Stomach
(c) Chest
(d) Groin

6. When someone offered to kill Granny’s missing groom, how did he swear?
(a) Like a prize fighter
(b) Like a gutter snipe
(c) Like a sailor’s parrot
(d) Like a sailor

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

8. Who does Granny really want to see?
(a) Lydia
(b) George
(c) Hapsy
(d) Jimmy

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

10. What does Granny actually hear after the doctor leaves her room?
(a) Rain drops
(b) Wind blowing
(c) Mouse
(d) Whispering

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

12. What does Granny compare her soul to?
(a) Nursing baby
(b) Teething baby
(c) Coal
(d) Snow

13. What color were John’s eyes in a picture in Granny’s room?
(a) Black
(b) Blue
(c) Brown
(d) Green

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

15. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she tell herself to do about being jilted?
(a) Ignore it
(b) Analyze it
(c) Forget it
(d) Stand up to it

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn’t Granny wave good-bye to Dr. Harry?

3. What is Granny’s last act?

4. What does Father Connolly usually do when he comes to visit Granny?

5. After Granny tries to tell the doctor what she wants, what whispering does she hear?

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