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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 Ione find when she returns in Chapter 25?
(a) The police are at the house.
(b) The house is quarantined.
(c) The House of Curl is up for sale.
(d) The house is empty.

2. What does Thor tell Ione about in their native language in Chapter 25?
(a) Patty Jane's financial troubles.
(b) That Patty Jane wants a divorce.
(c) Harriet's illness.
(d) That he wants to go back to living with Temple.

3. What does Ione send to the people at House of Curl while she is on vacation?
(a) Newspaper clippings.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Souvenir pens.
(d) Postcards.

4. How did the crazy woman lose her dentistry license?
(a) She was discovered never to have gone to dental school.
(b) She fell behind on her paperwork.
(c) She purposely injured patients.
(d) She sold painkillers to patients.

5. Where is Ione's gift to Harriet in Chapter 25 from?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New York.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harriet sing her wedding song in Chapter 11?

2. What is Ione concerned about regarding Nora in Chapter 20?

3. What does Patty Jane attend with Clyde in Chapter 18?

4. Why is Patty Jane unhappy with Harriet when she returns home in Chapter 14?

5. What type of party does Clyde throw in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harriet doing one day when she sees a school bus pass by? Why is the passing of the school bus significant?

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

3. What happens to Harriet while she is riding on a bus in Chapter 14? Where does Harriet go afterward?

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

5. What do the doctors tell Ione and Patty Jane about Thor's condition in Chapter 23?

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

7. Where do Reese, Clyde, and Harriet find Thor at Temple Curry's home? What does Temple tell them about her past and how she came to be with Thor?

8. In Chapter 13, why does Clyde insist he and Patty Jane cannot have a relationship?

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

10. What does Patty Jane decide to do at the House of Curl in Chapter 12?

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