Quizs from Miss Emily's Story

In The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, the doctor is compared to a balloon using the word like. What figurative part of speech is this?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Why do the aldermen send a delegation to Miss Emily's house?

• To ask Miss Emily about the smell

• To invite her to a town meeting

• To discuss her property taxes

• To offer her financial assistance

Granny was jilted twice. What was the second time?

• The "bridegroom" didn't come to take her to the afterlife

• She was left at the altar by her first love

• Her family disapproved of her second choice

• She received a letter canceling the wedding

The writing convention used in Granny Weatherall is

• Stream of Consciousness

• First Person Narrative

• Epistolary Style

• Magical Realism

What is the setting of the story?

• Jefferson, Mississippi

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Nashville, Tennessee

Which of the following serves as foreshadowing in the story?

• The smell coming from Miss Emily's

• A sudden storm approaching

• A character finding a lost item

• A conversation about the past

Humorist who explored themes of alienation, conformity, and the human condition

• James Thurber

• Mark Twain

• David Sedaris

• Dorothy Parker

What is the setting of the Jilting of Granny Weatherall?

• a bedroom

• a park

• a hospital

• a train station

What does Mrs. Crater offer Mr. Shiftlet if he married Lucynell?

• the house.

• the car.

• a job.

• a vacation.

Mr. Shiftlet, when abandoning Lucynell, tells the boy that she is

• deaf and mute.

• blind and deaf.

• mute and dumb.

• deaf and blind.