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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thor hit his head in Chapter 6?

2. What will Harriet learn at the music school?

3. What is Thor's last name?

4. Who does Avel give his car keys to in Chapter 2?

5. What causes Patty Jane and Ione to become closer in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harriet excited about in Chapter 9?

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

3. What does Avel give Harriet as an engagement present?

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

5. What does Ione organize for the night before Avel is to leave for South America? What does Patty Jane tell Avel to do on that night?

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

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

8. How does Avel feel about his sisters? Why do Avel's sisters tell him he and Harriet must put off their wedding.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of grief in the novel. What are some examples of grief or grieving in the novel? Why are the characters grieving in these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of alcoholism in the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." What are some examples of when alcohol leads to problems for the characters, particularly Harriet. How did Patty Jane's and Harriet's parents' alcoholism affect them?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl"? What are some examples of other works of this genre? What are the characteristics of this genre? What are some examples of these characteristics in "Patty Jane's House of Curl"?

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