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

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

3. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?
(a) Hardship and toil
(b) Nothing but struggle
(c) Work and laughter
(d) Hard pull

4. Where does Dr. Harry touch Granny when she asks him to leave?
(a) Hand
(b) Shoulder
(c) Knee
(d) Forehead

5. What does Granny want picked completely this year and not wasted?
(a) Wheat
(b) Vegetables
(c) Fruit
(d) Corn

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of glasses are on the pantry shelves?

2. Why is it important that Granny give Lydia something special?

3. When Dr. Harry comes back, how does he describe Granny?

4. What would lighting the lamp dispel in the children?

5. What type of lampshades does Cornelia have in Granny’s room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Granny feel and hear after considering whether to close the shades?

2. What does Granny say about her past illnesses?

3. What would Granny do if the children woke in the night with nightmares?

4. What are Dr. Harry and Cornelia whispering about in the morning?

5. After sixty years, what does Granny decide she wants?

6. What letters does Granny intend to deal with tomorrow?

7. Why does Granny consider getting up to close the shades?

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

9. After Dr. Harry leaves in the morning, what sounds does Granny hear?

10. What does Granny think about childbirth and how it affected her?

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