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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 did Will see his grandfather do when his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?
(a) Pray.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Sing.
(d) Cry.

2. Who is the most shocked to hear that Mr. Blakeslee is getting married?
(a) Will.
(b) Love.
(c) Mary.
(d) Lotta.

3. To whom does Mary compare her father when she hears he has left to get married?
(a) Loma.
(b) Campbell.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Hollister.

4. What is the rumor about why Love did not marry her ex-fiancé?
(a) He joined the Union Army.
(b) He beat her one night, and she left him.
(c) He ran away with her mother.
(d) He got her best friend pregnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do the first time he visits Grandpa's house after the funeral?

2. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee say Will survived the train?

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

4. What does Will call Love before she marries his grandfather?

5. Which of the following was something Will was NOT told to refrain from during mourning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What makes the camping trip so miserable for the boys?

9. What does Hoyt tell Mary when he comes home from work at the beginning of the book?

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

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