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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of company is Avel the heir of?
(a) A cereal company.
(b) A cookie company.
(c) A cracker company.
(d) A bread company.

2. What does Patty Jane name her daughter?
(a) Nina.
(b) Natasha.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Nora.

3. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Thor's disappearance?
(a) Four months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.

4. How does Harriet learn about Avel's plane crash?
(a) A police officer telephones her.
(b) His sisters tell Harriet.
(c) Harriet hears his name read out on the radio.
(d) By reading about it in the paper.

5. How is the goodbye between Avel and Harriet described in Chapter 8?
(a) As awkward.
(b) As tense.
(c) As brusk.
(d) As tearful.

6. What does Patty Jane become angry at Ione for in Chapter 9?
(a) Pressuring Patty Jane to find a job.
(b) Speaking to a therapist about her.
(c) Washing Thor's bathrobe.
(d) Taking Nora outside in the cold weather.

7. Who does Avel hire in Chapter 6?
(a) An assistant.
(b) A private detective.
(c) A wedding planner.
(d) A security guard.

8. What causes Patty Jane and Ione to become closer in Chapter 3?
(a) Joining a swimming club together.
(b) Their evening walks.
(c) Ione's illness.
(d) Patty Jane's pregnancy.

9. According to Nora, when did her father disappear?
(a) When she was three years old.
(b) After her parents divorced.
(c) On her grandmother's birthday.
(d) Before she was born.

10. What type of product is Thor modeling for in Chapter 5?
(a) A potato chip.
(b) A cookie.
(c) A soap.
(d) A cereal.

11. What do Avel and Thor do with the two women in Chapter 4?
(a) Have several drinks.
(b) Go to a party.
(c) Go bowling.
(d) Take them to a hotel.

12. What does Thor want to buy the baby in Chapter 6?
(a) A swing.
(b) A bassinet.
(c) A changing table.
(d) A teddy bear.

13. What does Nora often imagine about her father in the prologue?
(a) What it will be like once he returns.
(b) Why he left.
(c) What he was like as a kid.
(d) Whether he has ever seen a photo of her.

14. What is the crazy woman arguing with the clerk at the store about in Chapter 7?
(a) The woman drinking in the store.
(b) Whether the clerk gave her proper change.
(c) Discounted merchandise.
(d) Her credit.

15. What does Thor imagine during the photo shoot in Chapter 5?
(a) Being a professional football player.
(b) Climbing a mountain.
(c) Being on a beach with Patty Jane.
(d) Speeding down a highway in a sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before realizing how much he loves Patty Jane, what does Thor briefly think about after his night out in Chapter 6?

2. What does Patty Jane advise Avel to do on the night before he leaves for South America?

3. How does Patty Jane change the longer Thor is gone?

4. Where does Patty Jane agree to go with Ione on Christmas Eve in Chapter 3?

5. Where do Avel and Harriet go after the event in Chapter 8?

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