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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen - Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandpa do at the end of his public announcement about his wedding to Miss Love?
(a) He prays.
(b) He tells Will's train story.
(c) He talks about his late wife.
(d) He reads his vows.

2. What did Grandpa have Will help him do after the wake for Granny?
(a) Weave roses into a blanket.
(b) Get some satin rolls from his store.
(c) Dig a hole under her roses.
(d) Rip the buttons off of her wedding gown.

3. What did Granny say she wanted to be buried in?
(a) Her wedding gown.
(b) A gown of satin.
(c) Her garden.
(d) A bed of roses.

4. Why did Grandpa talk for his wife when she was sick?
(a) He wanted her to stay calm.
(b) She was not right in the head.
(c) He wanted to protect her.
(d) She couldn't talk very well.

5. What does Grandpa say made everything good about him?
(a) His God.
(b) His children.
(c) His late wife.
(d) His experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will feel about his mother's response to his grandfather's engagement?

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

3. In what year does this book begin?

4. What did Will say Granny was not very good at while she was alive?

5. What does Will like to watch through the bridge trestles?

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