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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the tall dresser in the room where Granny is?
(a) Brown
(b) Black
(c) White
(d) Cream

2. Who dug the post holes when Granny fenced in an acreage?
(a) Cornelia
(b) Jimmy
(c) Granny
(d) Lydia

3. At the beginning of the story, to where does Granny pull up her sheet?
(a) Shoulders
(b) Waist
(c) Neck
(d) Chin

4. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, what does Granny see around Dr. Harry?
(a) Soft light
(b) Dark cloud
(c) Rosy nimbus
(d) Gray fog

5. In her mind, what does Granny tell herself not to get the upper hand of her?
(a) Distant grief
(b) Anger
(c) Sorrow
(d) Wounded vanity

6. As Granny thinks and tries to nap, how does she describe the day?
(a) Green day with a fresh breeze
(b) Windy
(c) Sunny day with a warm breeze
(d) Stormy

7. What is being squeezed out of Granny as her pillow presses against her as she tries to nap?
(a) Sleep
(b) Hunger
(c) Pain
(d) Memories

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

9. What is Father Connolly murmuring toward the end of the story?
(a) Last rites
(b) A Mass
(c) Psalm 23
(d) In Latin

10. What does Lydia put back in Granny’s hands?
(a) Flowers
(b) Handkerchief
(c) Rosary
(d) Missal

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

12. When is it when Dr. Harry comes back to see Granny?
(a) Night
(b) Lunch time
(c) Supper time
(d) Afternoon

13. As Granny remembers being jilted, what does she tell herself to do about being jilted?
(a) Stand up to it
(b) Analyze it
(c) Ignore it
(d) Forget it

14. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?
(a) Hardship and toil
(b) Hard pull
(c) Nothing but struggle
(d) Work and laughter

15. How old is Granny?
(a) Nearly 90
(b) Nearly 80
(c) 79
(d) 82

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of army does Granny think of when she looks at the valley?

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

3. After the birth of a child, how long did it usually take Granny to be well again?

4. What did Granny compare her children to when she lit the lamps?

5. How did Granny’s day start out?

(see the answer keys)

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