View a FREE sample

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. Who stands his ground in refusing to leave Dolly alone with Verena in Chapter 6?

3. Who is the Little Homer's brother, who is with the narrator in the tree in Chapter 6?

4. How does Jack Mill die a year after the tree rebellion?

5. Who does the narrator take piano lessons from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What leads up to Maude's violin serenade in Chapter 4?

4. What does Collin do in Chapter 4 that gives him a feeling of pride?

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

6. How long does it take Riley to return to the car? Why is he angry?

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

8. How and why are the evangelists run out of town?

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

10. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different conflicts that occur in the novel. What is the overriding conflict that drives the action? What are internal conflicts within the characters? How does conflict define dramatic literature?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Dolly and Verena. How are they similar? How are they different? How do the actions of these characters drive the action of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 898 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample