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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. Why does Grandpa say the robbers were able to hurt him?
2. Who is trying to get Will not to defend Love against all the rumors?
3. How does Love want to be referred to after her marriage?
4. Why does one couple come to the first church services held at Grandpa and Love's house?
5. Why do people in town refuse to hold a wake for Camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Love say she prefers to be called after her wedding, and how does Grandpa respond to this?
2. What gift does Loma give to Will, and why?
3. What prank does Miss Love pull while Grandpa is learning to drive?
4. What does Grandpa say before his trip alone with Love to make the entire town angry?
5. What does Loma tell Grandpa when they are embracing after Camp's death?
6. Why does Will think Loma is jealous of Love's home?
7. What does Love say in her postcards to the women in town?
8. What do Will and his friends do during the Christmas play to create scripted chaos, and how is this received?
9. What does Grandpa decide to start selling at his store after his trip to New York, and how does he want Will to help him?
10. What does Love say to Mrs. Predmore when she talks about the quick marriage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What items were in Will's box at the end of the book, and what significance does each of these items have to him?
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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