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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. What is the trouble with Cornelia, according to Granny?

2. After Granny tries to tell the doctor what she wants, what whispering does she hear?

3. What color is the embroidered linen in Granny’s room?

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

5. What would lighting the lamp dispel in the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn’t Granny like her husband’s picture that sits on a dresser?

3. What does Granny wanted picked completely this year?

4. How does Hapsy look to Granny?

5. What did Granny do when she thought she was dying at age sixty?

6. What does Granny sense and do as she dies?

7. What did Granny’s father do on his last birthday?

8. What does Granny think about tomorrow?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny lives with her daughter Cornelia. Why does Granny complain about Cornelia? Do the women treat one another with respect? How does the relationship show Granny’s sense that she is losing control?

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

Granny considers herself to have been jilted twice. What are the two times that she was jilted? What emotions does she feel during these times? Is one jilting more traumatic than the other?

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