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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. Who is Merry?
2. How does Temple Curry react when Reese, Clyde, and Harriet arrive at her house in Chapter 22?
3. What does Harriet have a vague memory of upon waking up in a hotel room in Chapter 17?
4. How do Harriet's work habits change in Chapter 15?
5. Where is Harriet buying when she bumps into Reese in Chapter 18?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Harriet awake in Chapter 17? How does she figure out how she got to this place? What does Harriet realize when she looks at the newspaper?
2. What spurs Patty Jane to begin looking for a job? What trouble does she run into?
3. What is Harriet doing when she runs into Reese in Chapter 18? What does Reese give her?
4. Why does Patty Jane write to Avel's sisters in Chapter 11?
5. How does Reese help Harriet in Chapters 18 and 19?
6. Why does Harriet hope to find Merry in Chapter 21? Who does Harriet spot with the crazy woman in Chapter 21?
7. What does Patty Jane discover one day when she returns home in Chapter 11? Why are Patty Jane and Ione especially worried?
8. What prompts Patty Jane to kick Harriet out in Chapter 15?
9. What happens to Harriet while she is riding on a bus in Chapter 14? Where does Harriet go afterward?
10. What does Patty Jane decide to do at the House of Curl in Chapter 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and interpret Patty Jane's relationships with Thor and Clyde. How does she meet each of these men? What are their first impressions of one another? What problems arise in Patty Jane's marriage to Thor? Who is better suited to Patty Jane, Thor or Clyde?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of marriage in the novel. Describe Patty Jane's marriage to Thor. Describe Harriet's marriage to Reese. Are these successful marriages? What do these characters think of marriage?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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