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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 would Granny tell John sometimes if she could?
(a) That she made it on her own
(b) That she brought the children up right
(c) That she missed him
(d) That she didn’t do badly

2. When Dr. Harry returns, how long does Granny believe that he has been gone?
(a) About 45 minutes
(b) An hour
(c) 2 hours
(d) 5 minutes

3. When will the others come to see Granny?
(a) At dusk
(b) Soon
(c) Tomorrow
(d) After supper

4. As Granny moves toward death, how does she describe the way her thoughts are going?
(a) Speeding past
(b) Round and round
(c) Dipping in and out of memory
(d) Fragmented

5. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?
(a) Nonsense
(b) Idiocy
(c) Inconvenience
(d) Waste

Short Answer Questions

1. How many birds does Granny imagine she hears?

2. How does Cornelia keep secrets?

3. How does Granny describe the way that Cornelia’s mouth moves, when Granny cannot hear Cornelia?

4. What happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?

5. Like what does Granny’s pillow seem to float?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Granny do that shows in the children now?

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

3. What does Father Connolly usually do when he visits?

4. What did Granny’s father do on his last birthday?

5. What does Granny observe about Cornelia in the morning?

6. What things is Granny not too old for?

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

8. How does Hapsy interact with Granny?

9. What does Granny think about tomorrow?

10. Who does Granny really wish to see, and where does she find her?

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