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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the boys who goes camping with Will?

2. What occupation does Will hope to hold when he gets older?

3. What does Will spend the day after his train experience doing?

4. How many live children does Grandpa Blakeslee have?

5. Who is sent to get a horse for Love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Will feel about his Grandfather's engagement, and why does he feel this way?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Will and Grandpa are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text for support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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