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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Verena meet Dr. Ritz?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) St. Louis.

2. How does the narrator's father die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) House fire.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Suicide.

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

4. Who comes to the narrator's house the day after his mother's funeral?
(a) Verena.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Riley.
(d) Junius.

5. Who tells the narrator about the grass harp?
(a) Verena.
(b) Catherine.
(c) His father.
(d) Dolly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the character whom Verena had been attached to and heartbroken by?

3. For how much does a bottle of Dolly's potion sell?

4. What ethnicity does Catherine claim to be?

5. In what state does the novel take place?

(see the answer key)

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