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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who sits beside Granny when she imagines stepping up into something?
(a) Woman
(b) Priest
(c) Child
(d) Man
2. When is Granny trying to take a little nap?
(a) After breakfast
(b) Before lunch
(c) Before supper
(d) After lunch
3. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, how does Granny describe Dr. Harry?
(a) Like a saint
(b) Like a ghost
(c) Like a devil
(d) Like an angel
4. What color is the embroidered linen in Granny’s room?
(a) Blue
(b) White
(c) Yellow
(d) Beige
5. What color rug was on the floor of the room when Granny learned she had been jilted?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Brown
(d) Green
6. What does Granny say that Cornelia is always being?
(a) Angry and frustrated
(b) Thoughtful and generous
(c) Abrupt and rude
(d) Tactful and kind
7. What color whirligigs are on the stone-china jars?
(a) Yellow
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Red
8. When Granny thinks about death, how does it feel?
(a) Frightening
(b) Clammy and unfamiliar
(c) Warm and familiar
(d) Comforting
9. What does Father Connolly usually do when he comes to visit Granny?
(a) Read the Bible
(b) Have a meal
(c) Have tea, play cards, and gossip
(d) Pray and say a rosary
10. What is Cornelia saying as her mother is dying?
(a) God bless you, Mother
(b) Oh Mother, oh, Mother, oh, Mother
(c) I love you Mother
(d) Please don’t go Mother
11. When Granny reconsiders what the noise might be that she hears after the doctor leaves, what does she think it might be?
(a) Sweeping
(b) Hanging clothes
(c) Swishing newspapers
(d) Water running
12. When Granny tells Cornelia to go away, what does she tell Cornelia not to do?
(a) Hover
(b) Clean
(c) Cook
(d) Whisper
13. What does Granny ask for after she thinks about her father?
(a) Lemon juice
(b) Tea
(c) Hot toddy
(d) Coffee
14. When Cornelia says to humor Granny because she’s eighty, how does Granny feel?
(a) Frustrated
(b) Angry
(c) Like she is being mollycoddled
(d) Like she lives in a thin glass cage
15. What happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?
(a) Sent to an old folk’s home
(b) Sent to an orphanage
(c) Cut and served at a party
(d) Thrown out and wasted
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Granny always hate?
2. Who tries to help Lydia put something back in Granny’s hands?
3. What type of army does Granny think of when she looks at the valley?
4. What colored jugs are on the pantry shelves?
5. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
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