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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 Verena refer to Dr. Ritz as in Chapter 6?
2. What do they take with them when leaving the tree house at the end of Chapter 6?
3. Who is one of the characters who drags Catherine away?
4. What does Riley stop to urinate on when on the outing with Collin?
5. What is the name of the town livery?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation do Collin and Dolly have once he has returned to the tree house in Chapter 4?
2. Who asks Dolly to come with them in Chapter 6? What is her response?
3. Who arrives at the tree house in Chapter 4 to explain the latest events? What does this character relate?
4. What unexpected characters does the narrator make note of who appear at the tree in Chapter 6?
5. What internal conflict does Dolly face at the end of Chapter 5?
6. What leads up to Maude's violin serenade in Chapter 4?
7. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?
8. What does Mrs. County tell Collin inside the bakery?
9. What does Dolly tell Verena about shame in Chapter 6?
10. What does Little Homer take out in Chapter 6? What does he proceed to do with it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Discuss Freedom and Choice as themes in The Grass Harp. How do these terms compare? How are they the driving action for the events in the novel? Which characters are granted with more freedom and choice than others are?
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