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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 Catherine wear "that would put out your eyes?"
(a) Rouge.
(b) Eyeshadow.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Eyeliner.

2. Who is the younger sister with whom the narrator goes to stay?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Verena.
(c) Maudie.
(d) Catherine.

3. What is one of the things that Dorothy says she has loved?
(a) A dried honeycomb.
(b) A record-player.
(c) A seashell.
(d) A hummingbird.

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

5. Who has been the Judge's one true friend?
(a) Julius.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Carper.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the entrance to the attic?

3. What does Catherine refer to Verena as?

4. What does the narrator spy upon Dolly writing in her room?

5. Who says, "I'm no man with a dozen faces; the notion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Judge counsel Riley in Chapter 3?

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

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What does the tree house gang do while the buzz is going on in the town in Chapter 2?

5. How does the narrator's father feel about Verena and Dolly? How does the narrator come to live with them?

6. Why is the narrator envious of Riley? What responsibilities does Riley have?

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

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

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

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

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