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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 Love tell Will to do if he hears people gossiping about her?

2. What is Will's dog's name?

3. What is the well-dressed visitor to Grandpa's house carrying?

4. Who helps Will get off the trestle after the train has passed?

5. Why does Love say she married Grandpa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the boys eat while they are camping, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What secrets does Love keep during this book, and how has each of these secrets affected her life and her role in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Diversity is a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society are involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author feels it is so important?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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