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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 does Dolly want to give Catherine for her birthday in Chapter 1?

2. What is the narrator's name?

3. Where do Maudie and her husband go on their honeymoon?

4. What color is the car that Riley drives?

5. What kind of grass blows in the grass harp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What "secret" does Catherine reveal in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Racism, Sexism, and Bigotry as it relates to The Grass Harp. Which main characters does each affect? Which characters in the novel appear the most biased? How?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of Love in the novel. What different forms of love are represented and by whom? How does the search for love drive the characters and their actions?

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