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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. Who is shot in the battle by the tree?

2. Where does Dolly take Verena in Chapter 6?

3. Who does the narrator take piano lessons from?

4. Who is the schoolmaster at the town school?

5. What is the name of one of Sister Ida's daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Riley and Collin do in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. How is Riley shot during the fight?

3. What unexpected characters does the narrator make note of who appear at the tree in Chapter 6?

4. Whom does the narrator encounter while hiding out in Riley's car in Chapter 5? What does this character do?

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

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

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

8. What does Mrs. County tell Collin inside the bakery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the theme of "Growing Up" in The Grass Harp. How is this theme embodied symbolically? How is it embodied literally? How does this theme affect the characters in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of Love in the novel. What different forms of love are represented and by whom? How does the search for love drive the characters and their actions?

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