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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Patty Jane announce to Thor on the morning after their wedding?
(a) That she wants to leave him.
(b) That she has just conceived their child.
(c) That she doesn't want children.
(d) That she loves someone else.

3. Who does Thor eventually spend the night with following his argument with Patty Jane in Chapter 6?
(a) A secretary.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A cheerleader.

4. Where do Thor and Patty Jane argue in Chapter 6?
(a) At home.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) The doctor's office.

5. Why does Patty Jane rip up the number of the man in the prologue?
(a) He is married.
(b) He is poorly dressed.
(c) He was one of her husband's friends.
(d) He insults Nora.

6. What does Avel return with in Chapter 6?
(a) Gifts for the baby.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) Photographs of Thor.
(d) A new car.

7. What does Patty Jane advise Avel to do on the night before he leaves for South America?
(a) Sleep with Harriet.
(b) Update his will.
(c) Visit his mother.
(d) Have a drink before flying.

8. Who plans the event that takes place in Chapter 8?
(a) Avel.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Patty Jane.
(d) Ione.

9. How much money does Avel pay the two women to not do at midnight what they were paid to do?
(a) Twice as much as they were originally paid.
(b) Enough to cover their bar tab.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) Enough to buy a bus ticket out of town.

10. What does Avel send Patty Jane in Chapter 9?
(a) Money.
(b) A birthday card.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A pair of baby booties.

11. What kind of vehicle were the couples going to use on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?
(a) A limo.
(b) A bus.
(c) A flashy convertible.
(d) A horse-drawn carriage.

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

13. How does Thor feel about becoming a father?
(a) He does not feel ready.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He wishes it had happened earlier.
(d) He is excited.

14. Who is Ione?
(a) Nora's aunt.
(b) Patty Jane's mother.
(c) Thor's mother.
(d) Patty Jane's sister.

15. Why does a fight occur in Chapter 4?
(a) Avel refuses to pay for his drinks.
(b) The women at the bar accuse Avel and Thor of groping them.
(c) Thor throws a chair at someone.
(d) The other patrons are unhappy with Avel.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote the letter that Harriet shows Avel in Chapter 6?

4. What does Nora often imagine about her father in the prologue?

5. What is Avel's last name?

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