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1.What was one way that Ellie was different the first summer she came home from college?
A.She didn't go to church more than once a week.
B.After being away, she became closer to her younger cousin.
C.She spent a lot more time out with her friends instead of at home.
D.She began to dislike reading from books.



2.When did Macon first start to come around to the boy's house?
A.when Ellie got back from her first year at college
B.when the boy asked him to come and listen to stories with him
C.after the grandfather had a stroke
D.when the grandfather was just about to die



3.After Ellie told Macon that Grandpa needed his rest and not to be staying so long, what did Macon do the next morning?
A.He brought his own stories to read to Grandpa Jeremiah.
B.He brought some food that his mother had sent with him.
C.He brought some books for Ellie.
D.He brought his guitar.



4.At first, why didn't Ellie like the fact that Macon would listen to Grandpa Jeremiah tell stories as he was dying?
A.She said we have to get away from stories that make him sad.
B.She said we have to get away from the kind of life that keeps us in the past.
C.She thought it was keeping him from taking his medications.
D.She was hoping the Grandpa would also tell her stories and did not like that Macon took up so much of his time.



5.Grandpa said it was important to know about people who had lived in the past because
A.you could see how they had also had hard times but hadn't broken.
B.you could see that you had it easier than people in the past.
C.you could learn that change was not always good.
D.you could learn how they had also told stories.

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