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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. According to Nora, when did her father disappear?

2. What is Avel's last name?

3. Where are Nora and her mother during the prologue of the novel?

4. What does Patty Jane name her daughter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Thor show a change during his walk home at dawn in Chapter 6?

5. How does Patty Jane and Ione's relationship change during Patty Jane's pregnancy?

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

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

8. Where is "Patty Jane's House of Curl" set? What is the community like?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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"?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." What happens at the end of the novel? Are there any unanswered questions? Why might Landvik have chosen to skip ahead twenty years?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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