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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Granny consider doing or she won’t be able to sleep?
(a) Close the curtains
(b) Use the bathroom
(c) Get a drink
(d) Pull the shades down

2. After the doctor leaves her room, who does Granny believe is whispering in her ear?
(a) George
(b) John
(c) Cornelia and Dr. Harry
(d) Lydia and Hapsy

3. When Cornelia gets on Granny’s nerves, what does Granny long to do?
(a) Go to sleep and never wake up
(b) Go to another child’s house
(c) Go live with her friend
(d) Go back to her own house

4. How does Granny describe the way the doctor moves around the bed?
(a) Floats like a balloon
(b) Glides like a swan
(c) Patters like a mouse
(d) Stumbles like a clown

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydia say when she comes to see Granny?

2. What is Father Connolly murmuring toward the end of the story?

3. How do the faces of Granny’s children appear to her toward the end of the story?

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

5. What happened to the wedding cake when Granny was jilted?

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