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

2. 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.

3. How did Granny Blakeslee die?
(a) She had consumption.
(b) She had a stroke.
(c) She had pneumonia.
(d) She had a heart attack.

4. What is Love's occupation?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Mill worker.
(c) Milliner.
(d) Housekeeper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Love come from?

2. What ends Will's time of mourning for Granny?

3. What does Love tell Will to do if he hears people gossiping about her?

4. Why is Will so special to Grandpa Blakeslee?

5. How long was Grandpa Blakeslee supposed to be in mourning?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee say he is getting remarried?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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