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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the last words of the Judge's wife?

2. What is the name of Riley's uncle?

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

4. What does the Judge refer to their group as in Chapter 3?

5. What position does Riley's uncle hold in the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind Riley's parents?

2. How does the Judge counsel Riley 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. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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

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

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

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

10. What exposition is revealed about the Judge's education and marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Freedom and Choice as themes in The Grass Harp. How do these terms compare? How are they the driving action for the events in the novel? Which characters are granted with more freedom and choice than others are?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of Trust in The Grass Harp. In which chapter is trust established between the main characters? Who prompts this event? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the title of the novel. In addition to the beginning, where is the title referenced? What does the title refer to, and how does it reflect the plot of the story?

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