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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "I don't believe in locking drawers--seems strange a man can't live without keys in what was at least once his own house"?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Howard.
(c) Riley.
(d) Collin.

2. Who takes Dolly's hand at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Collin.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Riley.

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

4. What is Dolly's potion made to cure?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Emphysema.

5. Where did the Judge go to school?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Sewannee.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the girl from that Riley says he's been dating for over a year?

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

3. What is Riley hunting in the woods in Chapter 2?

4. What does the Judge recall Dolly not having as a child?

5. What does Riley pass around to the others in the tree house in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine's take on love in Chapter 3? How does her comment change the conversation?

2. What happened to Riley's uncle?

3. Describe the differences between Dolly and Verena's mannerisms and bedrooms.

4. What is Dolly's story with the gypsy women?

5. How does Dolly react to the Sheriff's demands? What does the Judge do?

6. What causes Verena's interest in the dropsy cure?

7. What events lead up to the departure of Dolly, Catherine, and Collin for the tree house?

8. Who tells the narrator about the grass harp? What is it?

9. How does the Judge come to live with his sons?

10. What "secret" does the Judge reveal in Chapter 3?

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