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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 grocery store in town that Verena does not own?

2. What does Little Homer lower out of the tree in Chapter 6?

3. What kind of car does Riley drive?

4. Where does the baker go to have a time-off beer in the town?

5. What is the name of the town livery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Collin and Riley go in Chapter 5? Why?

2. What choice does Dolly make at the end of Chapter 6? Why?

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

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

5. How does the Judge tell the group to prepare for the battle at the tree in Chapter 6?

6. What internal conflict does Dolly face at the end of Chapter 5?

7. Who asks Dolly to come with them in Chapter 6? What is her response?

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

9. Whom does the narrator encounter while hiding out in Riley's car in Chapter 5? What does this character do?

10. What does the barber relate to Riley in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Truman Capote's use of nature symbolism in The Grass Harp. What does the tree house symbolize? What are other examples of symbolism? Define symbolism in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of Trust in The Grass Harp. In which chapter is trust established between the main characters? Who prompts this event? How?

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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