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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 did Granny see in her room before she died?

2. What was Granny's name?

3. What was Granny doing when she saw something strange in her room?

4. How did Will feel about being in mourning?

5. When do most people hear about Love's kiss?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What bothers Will when he is helping Love clean the house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does Will think is the difference between mourning and being in mourning, and how does this idea change his opinion of some of the people in his family?

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