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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 is the name of Will's father?

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

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

5. What does Grandpa offer to do for Love after talking with the fancy visitor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Loma do when her father wouldn't allow her to become an actress?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Grandpa's relationship with Love change over the course of this book?

Essay Topic 3

What items were in Will's box at the end of the book, and what significance does each of these items have to him?

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