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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 is Patty Jane's maiden name?

2. What do Harriet and Ione go to the store for in Chapter 7?

3. Why is Patty Jane angry at Thor in Chapter 6?

4. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Thor's disappearance?

5. Why does Patty Jane rip up the number of the man in the prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who picks Harriet up in Chapter 2 and where do they go?

2. What news do Patty Jane and Harriet each receive in Chapter 10?

3. What does Patty Jane announce to Thor on the morning after their wedding? How do people react to the announcement?

4. Why is Avel happy about the fight in the bar which happens on New Year's Eve?

5. Why are Thor and Harriet not thrilled about Patty Jane's pregnancy?

6. How does Thor show a change during his walk home at dawn in Chapter 6?

7. What memory does Nora recall about her mother and a man at a drugstore in the prologue?

8. How does Patty Jane act after Thor's disappearance?

9. How does Patty Jane act toward others as Thor's absence draws on? Who does Avel bring to help Patty Jane in Chapter 8?

10. What does Avel give Harriet as an engagement present?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of alcoholism in the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." What are some examples of when alcohol leads to problems for the characters, particularly Harriet. How did Patty Jane's and Harriet's parents' alcoholism affect them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." Who are the members of Patty Jane's family? How important is family to Patty Jane? What obstacles does Patty Jane face relating to her family? How does her family help her to overcome obstacles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. How important is the setting to a novel? What if the novel had been set in a different place and time? In your opinion, would the choices of main characters be different? If so, how?

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