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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Harriet do on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) Visits Avel's grave.
(b) Goes to Ione's house.
(c) Spends it with a man who picked her up at a bar.
(d) Goes to the lake where Avel proposed.

2. Who presents the first lecture at Patty Jane's business?
(a) A filmmaker.
(b) A politician.
(c) A nutritionist.
(d) An author.

3. Why is the House of Curl so busy in Chapter 25?
(a) Because of a big wedding.
(b) Because of a discount offer.
(c) Because the shop was featured in the newspaper.
(d) Because of prom night.

4. How does Patty Jane decide on the topic of the lectures she will hold at her business?
(a) She lets Nora decide.
(b) By seeing what is being talked about in the newspaper.
(c) She lets the customers decide the topics.
(d) By opening an encyclopedia to a random page.

5. What does the doctor tell Patty Jane and Ione about Thor in Chapter 23?
(a) He should begin speech therapy treatments.
(b) He has permanently lost his faculties.
(c) He is suffering from amnesia.
(d) He appears to be completely healthy.

6. What do Harriet and Nora do as a surprise in Chapter 24?
(a) Prepare a slideshow.
(b) Do a dance.
(c) Jump out of a cake.
(d) Play a trumpet duet.

7. How many months pass before Ione returns from her trip?
(a) Three months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Six months.

8. Who is Merry?
(a) Nora's friend.
(b) One of Patty Jane's customers.
(c) Clyde's mother.
(d) Ione's sister-in-law.

9. Why does Patty Jane decide to go to school in Chapter 12?
(a) She wants an excuse to get out of the house.
(b) She wants to meet new people.
(c) She wins some scholarship money.
(d) She is not qualified for any good jobs.

10. How is Temple Curry's house described?
(a) Filthy.
(b) Reeking of perfume.
(c) Orderly.
(d) As small and cozy.

11. What is Thor building in Chapter 22?
(a) Model cars.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Scale models of famous buildings.
(d) Birdhouses.

12. Why did Clyde decide to get a job?
(a) To pay his bills.
(b) To meet new people.
(c) To build up his resume.
(d) To get out of the house.

13. How does Nora react to her father's reappearance in Chapter 23?
(a) She denies that Thor is actually her father.
(b) She throws herself into caring for Thor.
(c) She begins to treat Patty Jane with more respect.
(d) She avoids Thor.

14. What does Ione send to the people at House of Curl while she is on vacation?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Newspaper clippings.
(d) Souvenir pens.

15. Who does Harriet see on the bus in Chapter 18?
(a) Reese.
(b) Ione.
(c) Nora.
(d) Patty Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reese arrange for Harriet in Chapter 19?

2. How did the crazy woman lose her dentistry license?

3. How does the relationship between Patty Jane and Clyde change in Chapter 16?

4. What type of party does Clyde throw in Chapter 24?

5. How does Ione feel about seeing her son in Chapter 22?

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