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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. What does Will notice about his grandfather's house a week after Granny's death?
(a) It smells of cigarettes.
(b) It smells wonderful.
(c) It is immaculate.
(d) It is a mess.

2. Who recently passed away when the book begins?
(a) Granny.
(b) Uncle Camp.
(c) Grandpa.
(d) Aunt Lotta.

3. What is Will's grandpa's wagon used to do?
(a) Haul loads of wood.
(b) Deliver loads of cloth.
(c) Carry dead bodies.
(d) Transfer slaves to the auctions.

4. In what state does this book take place?
(a) Alabama.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Georgia.

5. Who does Grandpa ask to go through his late wife's things?
(a) Will and Love.
(b) Mary and Loma.
(c) Will and Hoyt.
(d) Love and Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weather do the boys encounter on their camping trip?

2. What does Will do the day he decides his mourning period is over?

3. Who tells Grandpa what happened to Will on the train?

4. Which of the following was something Will was NOT told to refrain from during mourning?

5. What is Love's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will feel just after the train passes over him on the trestle?

2. What happens when the fancy man comes to visit Love?

3. What is Will known as after his experience with the train?

4. Why do the people in Cold Sassy think Love did not marry her ex-fiancé?

5. What does Will ask Grandpa after he hears about the train, and what is Grandpa's response to this?

6. What is the most shocking part about Grandpa Blakeslee's remarriage in Will's mind?

7. What does Grandpa say to Love after the fancy visitor leaves, and what is her response to this?

8. What does Hoyt tell Mary when he comes home from work at the beginning of the book?

9. Why did the men and women in Cold Sassy like Love before her marriage to Grandpa Blakeslee?

10. What does Grandpa say to the crowd after he returns from his wedding to Love?

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