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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 Harriet realize when she notices the date on the newspaper in Chapter 17?
(a) The date should have been her fourteenth wedding anniversary.
(b) She has been unconscious for three days.
(c) The date is the anniversary of Thor's disappearance.
(d) She missed Patty Jane's birthday.

2. Why does Patty Jane urge Harriet to see a doctor in Chapter 25?
(a) Harriet hasn't been in a long time.
(b) Harriet has been vomiting.
(c) Harriet has been feeling tired.
(d) Harriet is having trouble hearing.

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

4. Who does Merry get into an argument with in Chapter 21?
(a) Patty Jane.
(b) Temple Curry.
(c) Melinda Forrest.
(d) Loretta Smith.

5. How does Patty Jane feel about seeing Thor in Chapter 22?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora wonder about her mother and Clyde in Chapter 17?

2. Who does Harriet see in the bar with the crazy woman in Chapter 21?

3. What does Reese arrange for Harriet in Chapter 19?

4. What is Reese's job?

5. Who is Merry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Harriet awake in Chapter 17? How does she figure out how she got to this place? What does Harriet realize when she looks at the newspaper?

2. What business does Patty Jane start in Chapter 11?

3. What does Harriet realize about drinking in Chapter 14? How does Patty Jane react when Harriet returns home drunk?

4. Why does Patty Jane write to Avel's sisters in Chapter 11?

5. How does Harriet end up homeless in Chapter 16? What does she realize will always provide her with a place to sleep?

6. How does Thor's reappearance affect Patty Jane and Clyde's relationship in Chapter 23?

7. What spurs Patty Jane to begin looking for a job? What trouble does she run into?

8. What is Harriet doing when she runs into Reese in Chapter 18? What does Reese give her?

9. What does Patty Jane discover one day when she returns home in Chapter 11? Why are Patty Jane and Ione especially worried?

10. Why does Patty Jane urge Harriet to see a doctor in Chapter 25? What do Patty Jane and Nora discover one day after Harriet fails to return from napping?

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