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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 Riley stop to urinate on when on the outing with Collin?
2. Who tells Elizabeth and Maude that Catherine is arrested for hitting Mrs. Buster with a mason jar?
3. Who does Verena lean upon when approaching the tree in Chapter 6?
4. What is the name of the bakery from which Riley brings rolls to the tree house?
5. What does Little Homer offer to give Dolly when they leave?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Riley and Collin do in the beginning of Chapter 4?
2. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?
3. What news does Riley overhear outside the jailhouse in Chapter 4?
4. What does Riley respond to Sister Ida's asking for Dolly's location? What does he relate to the narrator about her?
5. Where do Collin and Riley go in Chapter 5? Why?
6. Who arrives at the tree house in Chapter 4 to explain the latest events? What does this character relate?
7. What does Sister Ida do after Riley is shot?
8. What unexpected characters does the narrator make note of who appear at the tree in Chapter 6?
9. What does Mrs. County tell Collin inside the bakery?
10. What leads up to Maude's violin serenade in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Racism, Sexism, and Bigotry as it relates to The Grass Harp. Which main characters does each affect? Which characters in the novel appear the most biased? How?
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 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.
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