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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. What does the Judge recall Dolly not having as a child?
(a) Decent clothes.
(b) Hair.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A sister.

2. What is the only meat that Dolly likes?
(a) Chicken brain.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Squirrel.

3. How old is Riley when he comes to live in the town?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Seven.

4. What is Riley's last name?
(a) Holton.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Williams.

5. What is the name of Riley's mother?
(a) Hester.
(b) Laura.
(c) Vivien.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catherine's last name?

2. What is the father's name of the sisters with whom the narrator went to live?

3. Who says, "How could you care about one girl? Have you ever cared about one leaf?"

4. Where does Riley's mother go?

5. What is the name of the sheriff of the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dolly declare about love in Chapter 3?

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

3. How does Catherine come to stay on the Talbo property? Describe this character.

4. How does the law get involved in the matter between Dolly and Verena?

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

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

7. What happened to Riley's uncle?

8. What is the group's first interaction with Riley in Chapter 2?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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