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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 first time he visits Grandpa's house after the funeral?
(a) Gardens.
(b) Cleans.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Opens all the windows.

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

3. Which of the following was something Will was NOT told to refrain from during mourning?
(a) Studying.
(b) Reading the comics.
(c) Camping.
(d) Fishing.

4. What does Love say she missed out on in life?
(a) Youth.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Respect.

5. How does Loma feel about her father's engagement?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is content.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She is furious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Granny's name?

2. Why does Love agree to marry Grandpa so soon after Mattie's death?

3. What was Love's engagement present when she was previously engaged?

4. How did Granny Blakeslee die?

5. What is Mr. Blakeslee's main disability?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Will sure that Grandpa didn't care about Love before his wife died?

7. What does Will ask Grandpa after he hears about the train, and what is Grandpa's response to this?

8. Why does Grandpa not like going to church?

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

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

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