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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 was Love's engagement present when she was previously engaged?
(a) A piano.
(b) A music box.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A saddle.

2. What does Will think Granny would have hated about her death?
(a) It was so quick.
(b) It took so long.
(c) It was so painful.
(d) It was so plain.

3. What is Effie Belle known for?
(a) Gossiping.
(b) Being very kind.
(c) Cleaning houses.
(d) Judging others.

4. What did Will see his grandfather do when his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Cry.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sing.

5. Why does Will not enjoy being in the spotlight after escaping the train?
(a) He is too shaken up.
(b) He feels embarrassed.
(c) He is hurt.
(d) He thinks he will get in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Will at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Will call Love before she marries his grandfather?

4. Where does Grandpa keep all of the important family records?

5. What does Will say was different and interesting about Granny's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Granny do for Love during her first year in town?

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

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

5. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

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

7. How did Grandpa Blakeslee meet the woman he plans to marry?

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

9. What do the boys eat while they are camping, and why?

10. What bothers Will when he is helping Love clean the house?

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