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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 town livery?

2. Who is known in the town as the biggest gossip?

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

4. Who is shot in the battle by the tree?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Riley respond to Sister Ida's asking for Dolly's location? What does he relate to the narrator about her?

2. How is Riley shot during the fight?

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

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 does the barber relate to Riley in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the voice and tense of The Grass Harp. Define these terms and discuss how they affect the novel in terms of structure. How would the novel be different in a different voice? Would it be as effective?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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