View a FREE sample

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 feel after she tries to tell the doctor what she wants?
(a) Warm weight on her forehead
(b) Pressure in her chest
(c) Sharp pain in her abdomen
(d) Dull ache behind her eyes

2. As Granny moves toward death, how does she describe the way her thoughts are going?
(a) Speeding past
(b) Dipping in and out of memory
(c) Round and round
(d) Fragmented

3. What does Granny want to tell the person she hasn’t seen for sixty years?
(a) That she still loves him
(b) That she never missed him
(c) That she hates him
(d) That she forgot him

4. 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

5. What does Cornelia put on Granny when she comes to check on her?
(a) Wet cloth
(b) Lotion
(c) Perfume
(d) Essential oil

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny close her fingers around after Lydia tries to hand her back something?

2. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?

3. What is Granny’s last act?

4. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample