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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Granny, what does a woman need inside her to have her full health?

2. After describing Dr. Harry, how does Cornelia’s voice sound to Granny?

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

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

5. What is on top of the bronze clock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would Granny say to the man who left her at the altar if she could see him again?

2. Why doesn’t Granny want Dr. Harry attending to her?

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

4. What type of stories does Father Connolly tell?

5. What does Granny tell someone who offers to get revenge on George?

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

7. What would Granny do if the children woke in the night with nightmares?

8. How did Granny think of John, and why has her view of him changed?

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

10. As Granny considers the day she was jilted, how does she describe how the day changed once the bridegroom didn’t show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story, Granny feels like she is being humored. How does her imminent death affect how people treat Granny? Who is humoring Granny? Why does Cornelia humor her? Why does the doctor?

Essay Topic 2

After sixty years, Granny still struggles with being left at the altar. How does Granny feel when she thinks about being jilted? Has time lessened her feelings? Has the jilting affected how she looks at life? When did Granny feel like she had been jilted again? Why did her death feel like being jilted?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Harry frustrates Granny. What is the main complaint that Granny has with Dr. Harry? Does he make her feel threatened? Does Dr. Harry have any ability to help Granny? Why does he frustrate her so?

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