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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 Riley hunting in the woods in Chapter 2?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Birds.
(c) Elk.
(d) Deer.

2. Who tells the narrator about the grass harp?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Verena.
(c) Catherine.
(d) His father.

3. Who has been the Judge's one true friend?
(a) Horace.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Julius.
(d) Carper.

4. Who says, "I don't believe in locking drawers--seems strange a man can't live without keys in what was at least once his own house"?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Collin.
(c) Riley.
(d) Howard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Judge recall Dolly not having as a child?

2. What does Dolly want to give Catherine for her birthday in Chapter 1?

3. What color is the car that Riley drives?

4. What does the Judge call Dorothy fondly in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of Riley's sister who is in the protagonist's class in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Riley's uncle?

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

3. What does the Judge speak of regarding trust in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is Dolly's story with the gypsy women?

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

7. How does Dolly react to the Sheriff's demands? What does the Judge do?

8. What "secret" does Catherine reveal in Chapter 3?

9. What does the Judge make of Dolly in Chapter 3?

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

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