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

2. Who does Grandpa ask to go through his late wife's things?
(a) Mary and Loma.
(b) Love and Mary.
(c) Will and Hoyt.
(d) Will and Love.

3. Where does Love come from?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. Why does Will not enjoy being in the spotlight after escaping the train?
(a) He thinks he will get in trouble.
(b) He is hurt.
(c) He is too shaken up.
(d) He feels embarrassed.

5. What does Love forget to do before Grandpa comes home while Will is there?
(a) Shine his shoes.
(b) Collect the mail.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Weed the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Love say she married Grandpa?

2. When do most people hear about Love's kiss?

3. What does Grandpa say made everything good about him?

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

5. What did Grandpa have Will help him do after the wake for Granny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

5. What does Grandpa say to Love after the fancy visitor leaves, and what is her response to this?

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

7. What does Grandpa say to the crowd after he returns from his wedding to Love?

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

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

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

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