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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. Who comes to the Blakeslee house to help after Granny's death?
(a) Love.
(b) Mary.
(c) Will.
(d) Loma.

2. What is the well-dressed visitor to Grandpa's house carrying?
(a) A cane.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A saddle.
(d) A silver box.

3. What is Mr. Blakeslee's main disability?
(a) He has one leg.
(b) He has one arm.
(c) He has one eye.
(d) He has one working ear.

4. What does Will think Granny would have hated about her death?
(a) It was so painful.
(b) It was so plain.
(c) It was so quick.
(d) It took so long.

5. What did Granny see in her room before she died?
(a) Her dead son.
(b) Angels.
(c) Her father.
(d) Strange lights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Love say she missed out on in life?

2. Where does Grandpa Blakeslee get married?

3. What musical instrument does Love play well?

4. Who helps Will get off the trestle after the train has passed?

5. Why did Grandpa talk for his wife when she was sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Will see as the difference between mourning and being in mourning?

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

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

6. What do the boys eat while they are camping, and why?

7. How does Will feel when Granny's death is written into the Family Bible?

8. What bothers Will when he is helping Love clean the house?

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

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

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