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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. Where did the Judge go to school?

3. Who is the richest person in the town?

4. Where is Riley born?

5. How does the narrator's father die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Judge speak of regarding trust in Chapter 3?

5. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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

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

8. What is Dolly's story with the gypsy women?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of exposition and flashback techniques in The Grass Harp. What effect is achieved through flashback? What is the purpose of exposition? What does Capote reveal in the beginning of the novel through exposition?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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