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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. As Granny moves toward death, how does she see her body?
(a) Mass of shadow in an endless darkness
(b) Useless and quiet
(c) Slow breath fading away
(d) Lump of clay

2. What would Granny tell John sometimes if she could?
(a) That she missed him
(b) That she made it on her own
(c) That she didn’t do badly
(d) That she brought the children up right

3. Who does Granny mistake for Hapsy?
(a) Dr. Harry
(b) Cornelia
(c) Father Connolly
(d) Lydia

4. After feeling something shake her, what does Granny ask Cornelia to do?
(a) Straighten the covers
(b) Bring a drink
(c) Close windows
(d) Get Hapsy

5. What would Granny say to her children when it was time to come in from playing?
(a) Don’t stay out in the night air
(b) It’s getting dark
(c) Come in for supper
(d) Time for bed

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she tell herself to do about being jilted?

3. When Granny finds the person she really wants to see, what does that person have?

4. What does Granny pull out from her dress?

5. What color whirligigs are on the stone-china jars?

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