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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 are the two women in Chapter 4 getting paid to do at midnight?
(a) Sing.
(b) Pretend to be police officers.
(c) Take off their clothes.
(d) Clean-up duty.

2. What does Patty Jane become angry at Ione for in Chapter 9?
(a) Washing Thor's bathrobe.
(b) Pressuring Patty Jane to find a job.
(c) Taking Nora outside in the cold weather.
(d) Speaking to a therapist about her.

3. What does Patty Jane begin to do every day in Chapter 9?
(a) Take walks.
(b) Feed birds in the park.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Knit clothes for Nora.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Thor head for home following his night out in Chapter 6?

2. What does Thor imagine during the photo shoot in Chapter 5?

3. What kind of vehicle were the couples going to use on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Avel's plane crash?

5. Before realizing how much he loves Patty Jane, what does Thor briefly think about after his night out in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Avel give Harriet as an engagement present?

2. Why do Patty Jane and Harriet stay home on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4? What had their plans been?

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

4. Why were Patty Jane and her sister raised by an aunt? What did the aunt's treatment of the girls spur Patty Jane to do?

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

6. What does Ione organize for the night before Avel is to leave for South America? What does Patty Jane tell Avel to do on that night?

7. Where does Thor go after his argument with Patty Jane in the grocery store?

8. In Chapter 3, how does Patty Jane feel about being pregnant?

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

10. How does Patty Jane act after Thor's disappearance?

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