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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 much has Verena given to Dr. Ritz for machinery for the old cannery?

2. At what time does the narrator say the rain slackens in Chapter 6?

3. What is the town barber's name?

4. Who accompanies the Sheriff into the woods in Chapter 4?

5. What does the man whom Maudie Murphy leaves with do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Collin and Dolly have once he has returned to the tree house in Chapter 4?

2. What does Little Homer take out in Chapter 6? What does he proceed to do with it?

3. What leads up to Maude's violin serenade in Chapter 4?

4. What does Dolly tell Verena about shame in Chapter 6?

5. What does Sister Ida do after Riley is shot?

6. What happens when Collin and Riley return to the tree house in Chapter 4?

7. What news does Riley overhear outside the jailhouse in Chapter 4?

8. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?

9. Who arrives at the tree house in Chapter 4 to explain the latest events? What does this character relate?

10. What do Riley and Collin do in the beginning of Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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