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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. How old is the narrator when he goes to stay with his father's cousins?

2. How old is the young girl to whom the Judge wrote?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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

7. What happens at the end of Chapter 2?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot line of The Grass Harp. Define the terms Rising Action, Climax, and Falling Action and give examples of these from the text. How does the structure of the novel serve to create tension?

Essay Topic 2

What is it about the narrator that sets him apart from society and the community? How is this character the protagonist? How do his actions reveal his character traits? What are his opinions of the other main characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of Greed in The Grass Harp. Which character(s) embody greed as a driving force to their actions? How do the church and other townspeople represent greed? How does the theme of greed interact with the other themes discussed?

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