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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 Patty Jane feel about becoming a mother?

2. Where do Thor and Patty Jane argue in Chapter 6?

3. Where do Avel and Thor actually go on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?

4. According to Nora, when did her father disappear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ione notice as Patty Jane's pregnancy becomes more obvious?

2. What news do Patty Jane and Harriet each receive in Chapter 10?

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

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

5. Why do Patty Jane and Harriet stay home on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4? What had their plans been?

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

7. Why are Thor and Harriet not thrilled about Patty Jane's pregnancy?

8. How does Ione anger Patty Jane in Chapter 9?

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

10. What is the cause of the argument between Patty Jane and Thor in the grocery store?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. How important is the setting to a novel? What if the novel had been set in a different place and time? In your opinion, would the choices of main characters be different? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Landvik's use of humor in "Patty Jane's House of Curl." How does Landvik incorporate humor into the novel? What are some examples of humor? What type(s) of humor does she use?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Patty Jane. What are her defining character traits? What struggles and obstacles does she face throughout the novel? What are her goals and motives?

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