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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Granny feel when she looks back at all she accomplished alone?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Tired, but happy
(c) Roll up her sleeves and put the place to rights again
(d) Satisfied and content

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

3. What shakes Granny after she considers who she might have exchanged her husband for?
(a) Deep roaring
(b) Explosion
(c) Thunder
(d) Children

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

5. Who is the only person Granny would have exchanged her husband for?
(a) St. Martin
(b) St. Gabriel
(c) No one
(d) St. Michael

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny’s eyes close after the doctor’s visit, what does she compare shutting her eyes to?

2. What does Granny ask Cornelia after feeling something shake?

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

4. What type of army does Granny think of when she looks at the valley?

5. What does Granny say that Cornelia is always being?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny see and hear Father Connolly doing at the end of the story?

2. What does Cornelia’s voice make Granny think of?

3. How does Granny feel about her soul?

4. What would Granny say to the man who left her at the altar if she could see him again?

5. How does Granny describe how the lamps were lit in the evenings?

6. What does Granny say about her past illnesses?

7. How does Granny describe a fog that rolls in?

8. Who does Granny thank for helping her raise her children alone?

9. How does Cornelia’s voice seem to Granny after Granny looks at her husband’s picture?

10. What did one of men do when Granny learned her groom was not coming?

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