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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 type of lampshades does Cornelia have in Granny’s room?
(a) White silk
(b) Lavender silk
(c) Green silk
(d) Blue silk

2. Why does Granny want to send something to Sister Borgia?
(a) For her dyspepsia
(b) For the Abbey’s garden
(c) For her garden
(d) For her gout

3. Why doesn’t the doctor find Granny’s behavior odd?
(a) She is 80
(b) It is a symptom of her disease
(c) Granny has always been different
(d) She is 90

4. What does Granny say when she realizes she is dying?
(a) I’m not ready
(b) I can’t go yet
(c) It’s not time
(d) I have things to do

5. What does Granny do after Cornelia leaves her?
(a) Drowses
(b) Knits
(c) Looks out the window
(d) Reads

Short Answer Questions

1. When Granny’s eyes close after the doctor’s visit, what does she compare shutting her eyes to?

2. What does Granny flick from Dr. Harry’s grasp at the beginning of the story?

3. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?

4. At the beginning of the story, to where does Granny pull up her sheet?

5. What does Granny call paying for a doctor’s visit?

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