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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teaches Catherine how to make her secret potion?
(a) A voodoo witch.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) A minister's wife.
(d) A gypsy.

2. What ethnicity does Catherine claim to be?
(a) American Indian.
(b) White.
(c) African American.
(d) Hispanic.

3. What kind of cemetery is near the China tree?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Baptist.

4. What does the narrator spy upon Dolly writing in her room?
(a) Songs.
(b) A novel.
(c) Letters.
(d) Poetry.

5. What is the father's name of the sisters with whom the narrator went to live?
(a) Junius.
(b) Riley.
(c) Uriah.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the narrator about the grass harp?

2. Who is the richest person in the town?

3. What does Dolly want to give Catherine for her birthday in Chapter 1?

4. Who comes to the narrator's house to pack his belongings in Chapter 1?

5. What kind of grass blows in the grass harp?

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