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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offends Will when he gets to Grandpa's house for the first time after his marriage to Love?
(a) That Grandpa says nothing about Granny.
(b) That Love wants to change so much.
(c) That Love is cleaning everything so much.
(d) That Grandpa took down all of Granny's pictures.

2. What is Effie Belle known for?
(a) Gossiping.
(b) Being very kind.
(c) Cleaning houses.
(d) Judging others.

3. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee say Will survived the train?
(a) He was protected by Granny.
(b) He was rescued.
(c) He had good sense.
(d) It was not his time.

4. What ends Will's time of mourning for Granny?
(a) His mother's party for Love.
(b) The month anniversary of Granny's death.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Grandpa's marriage.

5. What kind of dangerous animals do the boys see on their camping trip?
(a) Bobcats.
(b) Black bears.
(c) Cougars.
(d) Moose.

6. What does Will call Love before she marries his grandfather?
(a) Love.
(b) Mrs. Simpson.
(c) Miss Simpson.
(d) Miss Love.

7. Why can't the boys go hunting on their camping trip?
(a) The shells were left in the rain.
(b) Will forgot his rifle.
(c) Roundy forgot the gunpowder.
(d) The weather is too cold.

8. How did Will feel about being in mourning?
(a) He found it interesting.
(b) He hated it.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He didn't mind it.

9. In what year does this book begin?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1936.

10. Why does Love agree to marry Grandpa so soon after Mattie's death?
(a) She saw no reason to put it off.
(b) Grandpa said he would find someone else.
(c) She promised Mattie she would.
(d) Grandpa needed the help.

11. What musical instrument does Love play well?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Violin.
(c) Piano.
(d) Flute.

12. What does Grandpa tell Love to do with the saddle?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Keep it.
(d) Send it back.

13. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) Mary.
(b) An omniscient narrator.
(c) Will.
(d) Grandpa.

14. Where does Grandpa Blakeslee get married?
(a) New York.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) New Orleans.

15. What occupation does Will hope to hold when he gets older?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A banker.
(d) A store owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Granny say to Grandpa when she woke up for a time while she was sick?

2. What does Love forget to do before Grandpa comes home while Will is there?

3. What does Will notice about his grandfather's house a week after Granny's death?

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

5. Where does Love come from?

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