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Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” Reading Check, p. 695
Reading Check
1. Describe Granny Weatherall’s attitude. How does she feel about the doctor?
2.
How does George jilt Granny Weatherall? Why does Granny want to find George now? What does she want to
tell him?
3. Who is telling the story? Why is this unique? How does this story include stream of consciousness narration?
4.
Who is Hapsy? Is Hapsy alive or dead? Who is really in the room instead of Hapsy?
5. Why does Father Connelly visit Granny? When Granny’s feet are tickled, what is actually happening?
6. What’s the last thing that Granny thinks about before she dies?
7.
Connect this story to modernism.
Vocabulary development
Match the word to its synonym
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2.
3.
4.
5.
disputed
vanity
jilted
tactful
dwindled
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
polite
shrank
argued
pride
rejected
Answer the questions based on evidence from the story.
1.
Do you think Cornelia was really a tactful person? Why does granny describe her as such?
2.
Why do you think George jilted Granny? Does the story offer any clues?
3. What else besides Granny’s vanity might have been injured by the jilting?
4.
What is disputed between Granny and Doctor Harry?
5.
At the end of the story, what has dwindled, in addition to the light from the lampshade?