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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 is the name of the narrator's father?

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

3. For how much does a bottle of Dolly's potion sell?

4. What does Catherine refer to Verena as?

5. What kind of cemetery is near the China tree?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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

9. What is Catherine's take on love in Chapter 3? How does her comment change the conversation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. How does the time and place of The Grass Harp affect the characters, actions, and events in the story? What mood is established through the setting?

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 use of foreshadowing in The Grass Harp. What is the purpose of foreshadowing? What are examples from the text? What effect do these examples achieve?

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