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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. 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 back to her own house
(d) Go live with her friend

2. What does Granny say she wants when Cornelia comes to her after the doctor leaves?
(a) Drink
(b) Cold cloth
(c) Heat compress
(d) A lot of things

3. What does Lydia say when she comes to see Granny?
(a) We drove as fast as we could
(b) Here are the children
(c) How are you feeling
(d) It is raining

4. What is the reason Granny gives the doctor for taking to her bed?
(a) To get out of baking
(b) To get rid of Lydia
(c) To get rid of Cornelia
(d) To get out of cleaning

5. Where does Granny have to go to find the person she really wants to see?
(a) Into the kitchen
(b) Outside
(c) Great many rooms
(d) Through a meadow

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature of what Cornelia puts on Granny when she checks on her?

2. What does Granny feel Father Connolly do toward the end of the story?

3. What color were John’s eyes in a picture in Granny’s room?

4. When is Granny trying to take a little nap?

5. When Cornelia says to humor Granny because she’s eighty, how does Granny feel?

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