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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen - Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will feel about his mother's response to his grandfather's engagement?
(a) He is amused by it.
(b) He is angry about it.
(c) He is not at all surprised.
(d) He is confused by it.

2. Where does Grandpa Blakeslee get married?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) New York.

3. What was Granny doing when she saw something strange in her room?
(a) Picking at her covers.
(b) Painting a picture.
(c) Stirring mineral water.
(d) Curling her hair.

4. Why do most people say Will survived the train?
(a) It was not his time.
(b) Granny protected him.
(c) He was rescued.
(d) The train slowed down just in time.

5. How old is Will at the beginning of the book?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ends Will's time of mourning for Granny?

2. What did Granny see in her room before she died?

3. Who helps Will get off the trestle after the train has passed?

4. Why is Will so special to Grandpa Blakeslee?

5. What does Grandpa say made everything good about him?

(see the answer key)

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