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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. How does Loma feel about her father's engagement?
(a) She is content.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She is furious.

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

3. What is destroyed by the dangerous animals on the camping trip?
(a) The tent.
(b) The sleeping bags.
(c) The wagon.
(d) The food box.

4. Why is Will so special to Grandpa Blakeslee?
(a) He is the first redhead in the family.
(b) He is the first grandchild who lived.
(c) He is the first grandson.
(d) He is the most like himself.

5. In what state does this book take place?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most people say Will survived the train?

2. What is the name of Will's father?

3. What did Loma want to become?

4. What does Will say was different and interesting about Granny's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Will sure that Grandpa didn't care about Love before his wife died?

4. What does Will do on the day he decides to end his period of mourning for Granny?

5. What did Loma do when her father wouldn't allow her to become an actress?

6. How does Will feel just after the train passes over him on the trestle?

7. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

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

9. Why does Love tell Will she married Grandpa when she did?

10. What is Will known as after his experience with the train?

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