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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 position does Riley's uncle hold in the town?
(a) Minister.
(b) Bakery owner.
(c) County Judge.
(d) Justice of the Peace.

2. How old is the Judge in the picture he sent to the girl in his letters?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

3. Where is the girl from that Riley says he's been dating for over a year?
(a) Houma.
(b) Rolling Rock.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Slidell.

4. If it hadn't been for whom, no one would have known that they were in the tree?
(a) Verena.
(b) Riley.
(c) Collin.
(d) Dolly.

5. Who is the richest person in the town?
(a) Horace Holton.
(b) Dr. Ritz.
(c) Verena.
(d) Uriah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the little girl to whom the Judge wrote?

2. Where is the man who asked Catherine to marry him?

3. What is the Judge's last name?

4. Who used to deliver the papers?

5. What was the name of the Judge's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Judge speak of regarding trust in Chapter 3?

2. What is Riley's confession in Chapter 3?

3. Why do Catherine and Dolly go into the woods once a week?

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

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

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

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

8. Who packs the narrator's belongings in Chapter 1? How does he end up staying at the Talbo house indefinitely?

9. What does the Judge make of Dolly in Chapter 3?

10. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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