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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. Where does Grandpa Blakeslee get married?

2. Who tells Grandpa what happened to Will on the train?

3. How did Granny Blakeslee die?

4. What does Grandpa do at the end of his public announcement about his wedding to Miss Love?

5. What does Will spend the day after his train experience doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Miss Love do for Grandpa when he comes home after work for the first time in their marriage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Love presents a very interesting and unique philosophy on life when she talks about overcoming her trials. What is this philosophy, and how does this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

How does Grandpa's relationship with Love change over the course of this book?

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