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

2. What did Granny’s father say was his daily habit?
(a) Calisthenics
(b) Walking
(c) Drinking beer
(d) Having a hot toddy

3. What does Granny think there is in the everlasting hand of God?
(a) Destiny
(b) Leaves
(c) Fate
(d) Flowers

4. What do Granny and the person she really wants to see lean forward to do?
(a) Hug
(b) Kiss
(c) Exchange rings
(d) Shake hands

5. What color is the embroidered linen in Granny’s room?
(a) White
(b) Beige
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny see in the valley?

2. Where does Granny have to go to find the person she really wants to see?

3. What was a frequent topic of Father Connolly’s stories?

4. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?

5. What response does Granny get when she tells the doctor what she wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Granny thinks of all she did as a young widow, what does she want to do?

4. What type of stories does Father Connolly tell?

5. As Granny considers the day she was jilted, how does she describe how the day changed once the bridegroom didn’t show?

6. How does Granny feel about her soul?

7. Why doesn’t Granny want to see Dr. Henry again?

8. When Granny thinks about Cornelia’s character qualities, what does she want to do to Cornelia?

9. What are some things that Granny had to do mostly by herself?

10. What does Granny tell herself as she thinks about being jilted?

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