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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 does Thor imagine during the photo shoot in Chapter 5?
(a) Climbing a mountain.
(b) Speeding down a highway in a sports car.
(c) Being a professional football player.
(d) Being on a beach with Patty Jane.

2. What is Ione pleased by in Chapter 3?
(a) Harriet's kindness toward her sister.
(b) Thor's work ethic.
(c) Patty Jane's good sense.
(d) Patty Jane's and Thor's open affection.

3. How is the goodbye between Avel and Harriet described in Chapter 8?
(a) As awkward.
(b) As tense.
(c) As tearful.
(d) As brusk.

4. What do Harriet and Ione go to the store for in Chapter 7?
(a) Diapers.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Milk.

5. Who looked after Patty Jane when her parents died?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her godparents.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patty Jane change the longer Thor is gone?

2. Why is Patty Jane angry at Thor in Chapter 6?

3. What does Harriet think about Patty Jane's pregnancy?

4. What type of product is Thor modeling for in Chapter 5?

5. To Avel, what does the fight in Chapter 4 prove?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who picks Harriet up in Chapter 2 and where do they go?

3. How does Patty Jane act toward others as Thor's absence draws on? Who does Avel bring to help Patty Jane in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What memory does Nora recall about her mother and a man at a drugstore in the prologue?

10. What does Patty Jane announce to Thor on the morning after their wedding? How do people react to the announcement?

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