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

2. What is Harriet doing when a bus passes her in Chapter 18?
(a) Picking up litter.
(b) Going to the post office.
(c) Panhandling.
(d) Going through the garbage.

3. What do Patty Jane and Ione think Harriet has done in Chapter 11?
(a) Tried to commit suicide.
(b) Started drinking to forget her worries.
(c) Taken drugs.
(d) Contracted an illness while at the hospital.

4. What does Harriet do on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) Spends it with a man who picked her up at a bar.
(b) Goes to Ione's house.
(c) Goes to the lake where Avel proposed.
(d) Visits Avel's grave.

5. Where does Patty Jane see her husband's face in Chapter 11?
(a) On the side of a bus.
(b) On a poster.
(c) Amongst a crowd of people.
(d) On cereal boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Clyde's job at Patty Jane's business?

2. What does Harriet find in the hotel room in Chapter 17?

3. What does the doctor tell Patty Jane and Ione about Thor in Chapter 23?

4. What does Harriet realize when she notices the date on the newspaper in Chapter 17?

5. How does the relationship between Patty Jane and Clyde change in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Reese help Harriet in Chapters 18 and 19?

3. Where does Ione go in Chapter 25? What does she learn when she returns home?

4. What does Patty Jane attend in Chapter 18? What does she find incomprehensible about the event?

5. How does Thor's reappearance affect Patty Jane and Clyde's relationship 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. What is Harriet doing one day when she sees a school bus pass by? Why is the passing of the school bus significant?

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

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

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