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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 response does Granny get when she tells the doctor what she wants?
(a) Appeasing chat
(b) No answer
(c) Scolding
(d) Her wish

2. What does Granny feel around her wrist?
(a) String
(b) Ribbon
(c) Stretchy rubber band
(d) Warm bracelet

3. What did Granny’s father have on his last birthday?
(a) Wine
(b) Cake
(c) Hot toddy
(d) Cobbler

4. What does Granny say that Cornelia is always being?
(a) Angry and frustrated
(b) Abrupt and rude
(c) Thoughtful and generous
(d) Tactful and kind

5. Who does Granny mistake for Hapsy?
(a) Dr. Harry
(b) Lydia
(c) Father Connolly
(d) Cornelia

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny considers something that was not given back, where does she feel pain that rises?

2. How long has Granny tried to forget being left at the altar?

3. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?

4. After Cornelia leaves, how long does Granny hope her children will leave her alone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things is Granny not too old for?

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

4. As Granny thinks further of her jilting, what does she consider?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to Granny’s world when she was jilted?

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