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

2. What is the name of the man who writes Catherine to ask her to marry him?

3. Which character has begun to weep at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. How much money does the protagonist's party have in the tree?

5. Where had the Judge's wife been from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What positions do the sisters whom the narrator lives with have in the town/home? Whom does the narrator gravitate toward of the two?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Judge's metaphorical advice given to Riley in Chapter 3. What does the Judge say in literal terms? What is the meaning beneath it? How does it apply to other characters as well?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of Alienation in The Grass Harp. Which characters manifest this theme? Why and how? How does the theme affect the action and events in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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