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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. Why does Mr. Blakeslee say he is getting married?
(a) He wants to help Love.
(b) He is over his dead wife.
(c) He is afraid of old age.
(d) He is lonely.

2. Why does Grandpa say he is getting a horse for Love?
(a) To distract her.
(b) To keep her happy.
(c) To dote on her.
(d) To change the farm.

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

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

5. What did Granny say to Grandpa when she woke up for a time while she was sick?
(a) Clean your dishes.
(b) You need a haircut.
(c) Water the plants.
(d) Say your prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recently passed away when the book begins?

2. What occupation does Will hope to hold when he gets older?

3. How does Loma feel about her father's engagement?

4. What is the rumor about why Love did not marry her ex-fiancé?

5. Where does the fancy visitor go after Grandpa comes back home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the fancy man comes to visit Love?

2. Why did the men and women in Cold Sassy like Love before her marriage to Grandpa Blakeslee?

3. How does Will feel about his Grandfather's engagement, and why does he feel this way?

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

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

6. What does Will offer to do when he hears rumors of Love, and what does she tell him to do instead?

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

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

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

10. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

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