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

2. What did Loma do when her father refused to let her reach her desired profession?
(a) She spent a great deal of money on clothes.
(b) She married a stupid man.
(c) She ran away from home.
(d) She dropped out of college.

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

4. Who warns Will that the train is coming while he is on the trestle?
(a) Granny's voice.
(b) His dog.
(c) Lightfoot.
(d) Love.

5. What is the name of Will's aunt?
(a) Lotta.
(b) Lonna.
(c) Loma.
(d) Lora.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Granny Blakeslee die?

4. What kind of dangerous animals do the boys see on their camping trip?

5. What did Loma want to become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things did Will see Grandpa do while his grandmother was sick that he had never seen him do before?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

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

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