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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. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?
2. What is the prize in the competition Maude is in the finals for?
3. Who says, "I've envied you always. Come home, Dolly. Leave decisions to me: that, you see, has been my life"?
4. What is the name of the bakery from which Riley brings rolls to the tree house?
5. What is the name of the grocery store in town that Verena does not own?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Riley and Collin do in the beginning of Chapter 4?
2. Who arrives at the tree house in Chapter 4 to explain the latest events? What does this character relate?
3. How long does it take Riley to return to the car? Why is he angry?
4. What does Little Homer take out in Chapter 6? What does he proceed to do with it?
5. What does Collin do in Chapter 4 that gives him a feeling of pride?
6. What happens when Collin and Riley return to the tree house in Chapter 4?
7. What choice does Dolly make at the end of Chapter 6? Why?
8. What does Riley respond to Sister Ida's asking for Dolly's location? What does he relate to the narrator about her?
9. What does Sister Ida do after Riley is shot?
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 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 2
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 3
Discuss the theme of Love in the novel. What different forms of love are represented and by whom? How does the search for love drive the characters and their actions?
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