Question

Read this passage.

"I got some bad ham meat one day," Miss Ginny said, "and took to vomitin'. All day, all night. Hangin' on the drop edge of yonder. I said to Thurmond, 'Thurmond, unless you want shut of me, call the doctor.’”

It is easy to notice that Miss Ginny and the other residents of Nameless have their own dialect. What does Miss Ginny mean when she says "unless you want shut of me"?
Question 5 options:


It means Thurmond is going to lock her out of the store.


It means that she wants the narrator to shut the door.


It means that Miss Ginny thinks she is so sick she may die.


None of these.

Answer 1

It means that Miss Ginny thinks she is so sick she may die.

Missy Ginny thinks that she is "hangin' on the drop edge of yonder" and that she needs a doctor. These lines tell us that the bad ham she ate has made her very sick. The "drop edge of yonder" is another way of saying that she is hanging on for dear life. This shows that she feel she is about to die since she is so sick. Shut is referring to her life ending not a door.