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

2. What did Loma want to become?
(a) A writer.
(b) A singer.
(c) A nurse.
(d) An actress.

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

4. What does Will forget to do the day after his train experience?
(a) Study for a test.
(b) Write in his journal.
(c) Go berry picking with Lightfoot.
(d) Go to church with his mother.

5. What does Love say is the one thing she needed in the man she married?
(a) Respect.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Gentility.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dangerous animals do the boys see on their camping trip?

2. Why does Grandpa say he is getting a horse for Love?

3. What was Granny doing when she saw something strange in her room?

4. Who comes to the Blakeslee house to help after Granny's death?

5. Who is the most shocked to hear that Mr. Blakeslee is getting married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has Lightfoot come to live in Cold Sassy?

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

4. What does Will ask Grandpa after he hears about the train, and what is Grandpa's response to this?

5. What did Granny do for Love during her first year in town?

6. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee come to Mary's house every morning?

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

8. Why do the people in Cold Sassy think Love did not marry her ex-fiancé?

9. What does Miss Love do for Grandpa when he comes home after work for the first time in their marriage?

10. What two things did Will see Grandpa do while his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?

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