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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 happens when little Willy goes back to sleep instead of getting up like Grandfather asked?
(a) Grandfather makes him a second plate of eggs.
(b) Little Willy has to make his own breakfast.
(c) Little Willy's breakfast gets taken to the chicken coop.
(d) Grandfather beats him.

2. Why does little Willy not use his college money to help get the plow in?
(a) Because he finds another stack of money buried in the garden.
(b) Because he uses his college money to buy food.
(c) Because he wants to keep it in the bank so it can earn interest.
(d) Because Grandfather signals "No!"

3. How much money does Grandfather owe in taxes?
(a) $3000.00.
(b) $250.00.
(c) $1000.00
(d) $500.

4. What instrument does Grandfather play?
(a) The piano.
(b) The flute.
(c) The harmonica.
(d) The fiddle.

5. What color is Willy's dog?
(a) Mostly black.
(b) Yellow-gold.
(c) Solid white.
(d) Mostly brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does little Willy have in his college savings?

2. Which of the following statements does Clifford Snyder NOT make to Grandfather?

3. What does little Willy make in the mornings for breakfast?

4. When do Searchlight and little Willy head home?

5. Where in the house does Grandfather hide his money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does little Willy discover that Grandfather does not have any money?

2. What does Clifford Snyder threaten to do with the farm?

3. Explain what winter is like in Wyoming.

4. What are Grandfather's predictions for this year's crop?

5. What is the problem that Grandfather has that Willy finds out about?

6. What does Mrs. Williams, Willy's teacher, say about Willy?

7. What was one of the funniest jokes Grandfather ever played on little Willy?

8. How does little Willy earn his college money?

9. What did Grandfather do that taught little Willy never to sleep past breakfast?

10. Why does little Willy refuse Doc Smith's ideas on what to do now that Grandfather is sick?

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