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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. What musical instrument does Love play well?

2. What did Will see his grandfather do when his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?

3. Where does the fancy visitor go after Grandpa comes back home?

4. Where does the girl Will has a crush on live?

5. In what year does this book begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes the camping trip so miserable for the boys?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity is a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society are involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author feels it is so important?

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

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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