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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the product that Thor will be the new face of?
(a) Fightin' Flakes.
(b) Mighty Bites.
(c) Manly Munch.
(d) Crunchy Bits.

2. What will Harriet learn at the music school?
(a) Trumpet, harp, and singing.
(b) Piano, clarinet, and singing.
(c) Timpani drum, xylophone, and singing.
(d) Violin, cello, and singing.

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

4. Who is Harriet?
(a) Patty Jane's best friend.
(b) Patty Jane's guardian.
(c) Patty Jane's mother-in-law.
(d) Patty Jane's sister.

5. How old is Nora during the prologue of the novel?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Patty Jane and Harriet stay home on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?

2. Where do Avel's sisters decide he needs to go on business in Chapter 7?

3. What does Avel send Patty Jane in Chapter 9?

4. Who does Avel give his car keys to in Chapter 2?

5. What does Patty Jane become angry at Ione for in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of the argument between Patty Jane and Thor in the grocery store?

2. How does Thor show a change during his walk home at dawn in Chapter 6?

3. What does Avel send Patty Jane in Chapter 9? What does she do with it?

4. How does Patty Jane and Ione's relationship change during Patty Jane's pregnancy?

5. How does Avel feel about his sisters? Why do Avel's sisters tell him he and Harriet must put off their wedding.

6. What happens two days after Thor goes missing? What does Avel do to find Thor?

7. What do we find out about Nora's father in the prologue?

8. Who is at the store when Harriet and Ione go to get cigarettes in Chapter 7?

9. What does Ione notice as Patty Jane's pregnancy becomes more obvious?

10. What news do Patty Jane and Harriet each receive in Chapter 10?

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