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

2. How does Will feel about his mother's response to his grandfather's engagement?
(a) He is confused by it.
(b) He is amused by it.
(c) He is not at all surprised.
(d) He is angry about it.

3. What did Granny say to Grandpa when she woke up for a time while she was sick?
(a) Say your prayers.
(b) You need a haircut.
(c) Clean your dishes.
(d) Water the plants.

4. What musical instrument does Love play well?
(a) Piano.
(b) Flute.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Violin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Love say she married Grandpa?

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

3. Where does Grandpa keep all of the important family records?

4. What does Love say is the one thing she needed in the man she married?

5. What does Grandpa offer to do for Love after talking with the fancy visitor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Will feel about his Grandfather's engagement, and why does he feel this way?

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

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

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

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

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

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