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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 happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?

2. How does Granny describe what she sees in the valley?

3. What do Granny and the person she really wants to see lean forward to do?

4. What response does Granny get when she tells the doctor what she wants?

5. What color were John’s eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Granny wanted picked completely this year?

6. What does Granny feel and hear after considering whether to close the shades?

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

8. What are the first thoughts Granny has of her jilting as she drowses?

9. What does Granny want after Dr. Harry leaves in the morning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny’s last name is a symbol of all she has experienced and survived in her life? What are some things that Granny has weathered? How has she dealt with the challenges in her life? Did she seem to weather all that she faced?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Granny fondly remembers the days when her children were little. What did Granny most enjoy about having young children? Why does she sometimes wish to go back to those days? What has she lost as her children have grown?

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