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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 is the well-dressed visitor to Grandpa's house carrying?
(a) A saddle.
(b) A cane.
(c) A silver box.
(d) A necklace.

2. What does Will do the day he decides his mourning period is over?
(a) He goes fishing.
(b) He goes hunting.
(c) He goes to a party.
(d) He buys a comic book.

3. What does Will do the first time he visits Grandpa's house after the funeral?
(a) Gardens.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Cleans.
(d) Opens all the windows.

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

5. To whom does Mary compare her father when she hears he has left to get married?
(a) Campbell.
(b) Loma.
(c) Hollister.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Loma do when her father refused to let her reach her desired profession?

2. What is Love's occupation?

3. What does Grandpa eat with Will when he gets back from his wedding?

4. How did Granny feel about Love?

5. What offends Will when he gets to Grandpa's house for the first time after his marriage to Love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee say he is getting remarried?

3. How does Mary respond when she hears that her father is getting remarried?

4. How does Will feel when Granny's death is written into the Family Bible?

5. What ended the romantic relationship between Granny and Grandpa Blakeslee?

6. What does Will see as the difference between mourning and being in mourning?

7. What does Miss Love do for Grandpa when he comes home after work for the first time in their marriage?

8. Why is Will sure that Grandpa didn't care about Love before his wife died?

9. Why has Lightfoot come to live in Cold Sassy?

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

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