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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 Nora often imagine about her father in the prologue?
(a) Why he left.
(b) What it will be like once he returns.
(c) What he was like as a kid.
(d) Whether he has ever seen a photo of her.

2. What does Patty Jane announce to Thor on the morning after their wedding?
(a) That she has just conceived their child.
(b) That she loves someone else.
(c) That she doesn't want children.
(d) That she wants to leave him.

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

4. What does the letter from Thor sent to Patty Jane in Chapter 10 say?
(a) That he had amnesia for a long time.
(b) That he is alive and well.
(c) That he wants to see their child.
(d) That he left her for her own good.

5. Who wrote the letter that Harriet shows Avel in Chapter 6?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A college professor.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only reason that Patty Jane will get out of bed in Chapter 7?

2. Why does Patty Jane rip up the number of the man in the prologue?

3. What will Harriet learn at the music school?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is "Patty Jane's House of Curl" set? What is the community like?

5. How does Avel set off a fight at a bar on New Year's Eve?

6. What bet does Harriet make with Avel Ames in Chapter 2?

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

8. What does Harriet show Avel when he returns to town in Chapter 6?

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

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

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