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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 do the day he decides his mourning period is over?
(a) He buys a comic book.
(b) He goes fishing.
(c) He goes hunting.
(d) He goes to a party.

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

3. Why did Grandpa talk for his wife when she was sick?
(a) She was not right in the head.
(b) He wanted to protect her.
(c) He wanted her to stay calm.
(d) She couldn't talk very well.

4. 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.

5. What does Will forget to do the day after his train experience?
(a) Go to church with his mother.
(b) Go berry picking with Lightfoot.
(c) Write in his journal.
(d) Study for a test.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Will think his grandfather's engagement is a good thing?

2. What kind of weather do the boys encounter on their camping trip?

3. What offends Will when he gets to Grandpa's house for the first time after his marriage to Love?

4. What does Love forget to do before Grandpa comes home while Will is there?

5. What did Will see his grandfather do when his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What ended the romantic relationship between Granny and Grandpa Blakeslee?

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

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

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

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