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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 ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
(a) Why aren’t you getting supper?
(b) What did you say?
(c) Whose birthday is it?
(d) Why is everyone coming?

2. How does Granny describe the way that Cornelia’s mouth moves, when Granny cannot hear Cornelia?
(a) Open and closes silently
(b) Moves in strange shapes
(c) Twists and turns
(d) In angles and planes

3. What does Granny imagine stepping up into?
(a) School
(b) Church
(c) Cart
(d) Carriage

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

5. What is the temperature of what Cornelia puts on Granny when she checks on her?
(a) Hot
(b) Tepid
(c) Cold
(d) Lukewarm

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny tell Dr. Harry she would like when he returns to see her?

2. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?

3. What does Granny think were in her bed yesterday?

4. How does Granny say that life can be wasted?

5. At the beginning of the story, to where does Granny pull up her sheet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first thoughts Granny has of her jilting as she drowses?

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

3. What does Granny want after Dr. Harry leaves in the morning?

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

5. What does Granny think Cornelia and her husband say after she asks Cornelia to get her something and why does it frustrate her?

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

7. After Dr. Harry leaves in the morning, what does Granny think of while she lays and drowses?

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

9. What reason does Granny give Dr. Harry for taking to her bed?

10. What does Granny think about waste?

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