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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Avel pay for Harriet's tuition to a music school?
(a) As a tax write-off.
(b) He wants to be a record producer.
(c) As a Christmas gift.
(d) As an engagement gift.

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

3. How does Patty Jane change the longer Thor is gone?
(a) She stops talking.
(b) She becomes meaner.
(c) She starts asserting herself.
(d) She starts acting crazy.

4. Who does Avel give his car keys to in Chapter 2?
(a) His brother.
(b) A homeless man.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A valet.

5. Why does the store clerk give Harriet and Ione a free item in Chapter 7?
(a) For escorting the woman out of the building.
(b) For not calling the police.
(c) For being threatened by the crazy woman.
(d) For helping him clean up.

6. What does Avel think of his sisters?
(a) They are angelic.
(b) They are unfriendly.
(c) They are kind.
(d) They are lazy.

7. Where are Nora and her mother during the prologue of the novel?
(a) On a bus.
(b) At home.
(c) A school.
(d) A drug store.

8. How does Harriet feel about her impending wedding?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is depressed.
(c) She is worried.
(d) She is stressed.

9. What does Patty Jane think of Avel when they meet for the first time?
(a) She distrusts him.
(b) She thinks Harriet could do better.
(c) She finds him selfish.
(d) She is impressed.

10. What does the letter from Thor sent to Patty Jane in Chapter 10 say?
(a) That he is alive and well.
(b) That he had amnesia for a long time.
(c) That he left her for her own good.
(d) That he wants to see their child.

11. What is Patty Jane in awe of in Chapter 3?
(a) Her changing body.
(b) Ione's generosity.
(c) A single mother she befriends.
(d) Thor's helpfulness.

12. What does Harriet think about Patty Jane's pregnancy?
(a) Patty Jane should have gotten pregnant sooner.
(b) Patty Jane should haven taken some time for herself first.
(c) Harriet is jealous of Patty Jane.
(d) Patty Jane will make a poor mother.

13. Before realizing how much he loves Patty Jane, what does Thor briefly think about after his night out in Chapter 6?
(a) Moving to Las Vegas.
(b) What life was like before he met Patty Jane.
(c) The freedom he would have if he left Patty Jane.
(d) How disappointed his mother would be if he got divorced.

14. What causes Thor's affection for Patty Jane to decrease?
(a) A new woman he meets.
(b) Patty Jane's insistance that Thor work all the time.
(c) The details of Patty Jane's past being revealed.
(d) Patty Jane's pregnancy.

15. How are the two women that Avel and Thor spend time with in Chapter 4 described?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sophisticated.
(c) Exotic.
(d) Unattractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of company is Avel the heir of?

2. Who is Ione?

3. Why does Harriet decide to go for a ride with Avel in Chapter 2?

4. How does Harriet learn about Avel's plane crash?

5. What is the only reason that Patty Jane will get out of bed in Chapter 7?

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