Cold Sassy Tree Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Olive Ann Burns
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cold Sassy Tree Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Olive Ann Burns
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Will do the day he decides his mourning period is over?

2. What is Loma's married name?

3. How many live children does Grandpa Blakeslee have?

4. To whom does Mary compare her father when she hears he has left to get married?

5. What is Effie Belle known for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Will do on the day he decides to end his period of mourning for Granny?

5. Why does Grandpa tell Will he is getting a horse for Love?

6. Why does Love tell Will she married Grandpa when she did?

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

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

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

10. What does Will offer to do when he hears rumors of Love, and what does she tell him to do instead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the important and unique details included in Grandpa's will, and what do these items reveal about his personality?

Essay Topic 2

What does Will think is the difference between mourning and being in mourning, and how does this idea change his opinion of some of the people in his family?

Essay Topic 3

Power and greed are two common topics in this book that are shown in response to Love and Grandpa's relationship. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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