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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. After Granny tries to tell the doctor what she wants, what whispering does she hear?
(a) Breeze
(b) Doctor and nurse
(c) Her children
(d) Someone outside the window

2. As Granny thinks and tries to nap, how does she describe the day?
(a) Windy
(b) Green day with a fresh breeze
(c) Stormy
(d) Sunny day with a warm breeze

3. Who does Granny really want to see?
(a) Hapsy
(b) Jimmy
(c) George
(d) Lydia

4. What color rug was on the floor of the room when Granny learned she had been jilted?
(a) Blue
(b) Brown
(c) Green
(d) Red

5. What would lighting the lamp dispel in the children?
(a) Fear
(b) Quarrelling
(c) Anxiety
(d) Fighting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does sleeping in the light give?

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

3. Why does Granny want to send something to Sister Borgia?

4. What does Granny want to send Sister Borgia?

5. How does Cornelia look to Granny when Cornelia checks on Granny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things is Granny not too old for?

3. Why does Granny consider getting up to close the shades?

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

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

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

7. As Granny is in bed drowsing, what does she think of death?

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

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

10. What does Granny wish for?

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