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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the girl Will has a crush on live?

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

4. Why does Grandpa agree to shave his beard?

5. What is the name of Will's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Grandpa Blakeslee meet the woman he plans to marry?

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

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

9. Why does Grandpa Blakeslee say he is getting remarried?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and greed are two common topics in this book that are shown in response to Love and Grandpa's relationship. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity is one of the main themes in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

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