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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's father?
(a) Horace.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Michael.

2. Who says, "I'm no man with a dozen faces; the notion"?
(a) Collin.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Riley.
(d) Catherine.

3. What is the Reverend's last name?
(a) Buster.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Wilson.

4. What is one of the things that Dorothy says she has loved?
(a) A record-player.
(b) A dried honeycomb.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A seashell.

5. What does Catherine wear "that would put out your eyes?"
(a) Eyeliner.
(b) Rouge.
(c) Eyeshadow.
(d) Dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator suggest they go to live in Chapter 2?

2. Where is the entrance to the attic?

3. What is the name of the sheriff of the town?

4. What kind of grass blows in the grass harp?

5. Who comes to the narrator's house the day after his mother's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the law get involved in the matter between Dolly and Verena?

2. What is Catherine's take on love in Chapter 3? How does her comment change the conversation?

3. How does the Judge counsel Riley in Chapter 3?

4. What does the tree house gang do while the buzz is going on in the town in Chapter 2?

5. How does the Judge come to live with his sons?

6. What is the group's first interaction with Riley in Chapter 2?

7. What positions do the sisters whom the narrator lives with have in the town/home? Whom does the narrator gravitate toward of the two?

8. Who packs the narrator's belongings in Chapter 1? How does he end up staying at the Talbo house indefinitely?

9. Why is the narrator envious of Riley? What responsibilities does Riley have?

10. What does Dolly declare about love in Chapter 3?

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