View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?
(a) Handkerchief
(b) Missal
(c) Flowers
(d) Rosary

2. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?
(a) Pain
(b) Hunger
(c) Memories
(d) Sleep

3. What did Granny want to give Cornelia?
(a) Amethyst set
(b) Sapphire ring
(c) Ruby ring
(d) Diamond necklace

4. Where does Granny have to go to find the person she really wants to see?
(a) Through a meadow
(b) Into the kitchen
(c) Great many rooms
(d) Outside

5. How many birds does Granny imagine she hears?
(a) 500
(b) 1,000
(c) 45
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny say when she realizes she is dying?

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

3. What does Cornelia do when her mother tells her to do something?

4. What does Dr. Harry call Granny after she tells him to respect his elders?

5. What does the tall dresser in Granny’s room have on it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Granny thank for helping her raise her children alone?

2. What would Granny say to John if she could see him again?

3. What would be an evening ritual when the children were little?

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

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

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

7. How does Cornelia’s voice seem to Granny after Granny looks at her husband’s picture?

8. What does Granny request from Cornelia after drowsing for a while and why?

9. What did one of men do when Granny learned her groom was not coming?

10. What does Granny think about waste?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 589 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample