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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thor tell Ione about in their native language in Chapter 25?
(a) Patty Jane's financial troubles.
(b) That Patty Jane wants a divorce.
(c) That he wants to go back to living with Temple.
(d) Harriet's illness.

2. Why do Harriet's work habits change in Chapter 15?
(a) She wants to spend her time with Reese.
(b) She needs more money.
(c) She feels too sick to go to work.
(d) She begins to drink a great deal.

3. Where is Harriet buying when she bumps into Reese in Chapter 18?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) A newspaper.

4. How does Harriet avoid living on the streets in Chapter 16?
(a) By staying at a homeless shelter.
(b) By staying in the church.
(c) By sleeping in a hotel hallway.
(d) By sharing a bed with whatever man offers to buy her drinks.

5. What does Clyde tell Patty Jane cannot happen again in Chapter 13?
(a) Clyde getting married.
(b) Arguing over money.
(c) Patty Jane forgetting to pick Nora up from school.
(d) A kiss.

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

7. What is Patty Jane unable to understand about Clyde's sculptures?
(a) How he makes them.
(b) Why people pay so much for them.
(c) Why he spends so much time on them.
(d) What they mean.

8. According to Clyde, why would a relationship not work between him and Patty Jane?
(a) He is married.
(b) She is his boss.
(c) She is afraid of falling in love.
(d) He plans to move away in the spring.

9. What does Patty Jane attend with Clyde in Chapter 18?
(a) An auction.
(b) A legal trial.
(c) An art show.
(d) A concert.

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

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

12. How do Patty Jane and Clyde find themselves rolling in the snow in Chapter 13?
(a) They fall while walking across a field.
(b) They are playing with Nora.
(c) They slide down some icy steps.
(d) The jump behind a snow bank to avoid being seen.

13. How did the crazy woman lose her dentistry license?
(a) She was discovered never to have gone to dental school.
(b) She fell behind on her paperwork.
(c) She sold painkillers to patients.
(d) She purposely injured patients.

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

15. What does Reese arrange for Harriet in Chapter 19?
(a) A visit with Patty Jane.
(b) A doctor's appointment.
(c) A library card.
(d) A bank loan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harriet have a vague memory of upon waking up in a hotel room in Chapter 17?

2. What is Clyde's last name?

3. What shames Patty Jane in Chapter 12?

4. How does Patty Jane feel about seeing Thor in Chapter 22?

5. Who does Harriet see on the bus in Chapter 18?

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