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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Granny hear whispering from a long way off after she sees the person she really has wanted to see?
(a) Cornelia
(b) Jimmy
(c) Lydia
(d) Dr. Harry

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

3. After thinking about Cornelia’s lampshades, how does Granny describe Dr. Harry?
(a) Like a devil
(b) Like a ghost
(c) Like a saint
(d) Like an angel

4. When did Granny see Dr. Harry that day?
(a) Morning
(b) At lunch
(c) At breakfast
(d) Afternoon

5. What does Granny ask when Cornelia seems to be talking, but Granny can’t hear her?
(a) Why is everyone coming?
(b) Why aren’t you getting supper?
(c) What did you say?
(d) Whose birthday is it?

Short Answer Questions

1. After Granny tries to tell the doctor what she wants, what whispering does she hear?

2. How does Granny describe what it was like raising the children on her own?

3. What does Granny tell Dr. Harry she would like when he returns to see her?

4. How far does Lydia drive to talk with her mother?

5. As Granny imagines something, what won’t her companion give her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hapsy look to Granny?

2. What does Granny observe about Cornelia in the morning?

3. What are some things that Granny had to do mostly by herself?

4. What does Granny feel and hear after considering whether to close the shades?

5. What does Granny think Cornelia and her husband say after she asks Cornelia to get her something and why does it frustrate her?

6. As Granny is in bed drowsing, what does she think of death?

7. What would be an evening ritual when the children were little?

8. Who does Granny really wish to see, and where does she find her?

9. What did Granny’s father think made him live so long?

10. As Granny considers the day she was jilted, how does she describe how the day changed once the bridegroom didn’t show?

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