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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. What is the name of Patty Jane's new business?

2. Where is Ione's gift to Harriet in Chapter 25 from?

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

4. What is Harriet sick with?

5. What kind of trip does Ione go on in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patty Jane write to Avel's sisters in Chapter 11?

2. Describe Reese and Harriet's wedding in Chapter 24.

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

4. In Chapter 13, why does Clyde insist he and Patty Jane cannot have a relationship?

5. Why does Harriet hope to find Merry in Chapter 21? Who does Harriet spot with the crazy woman in Chapter 21?

6. 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?

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

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 business does Patty Jane start in Chapter 11?

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

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 parent-child relationships in the novel. Discuss the ups and downs of the following relationships:

a) Patty Jane and Nora

b) Ione and Thor

c) Thor and Nora

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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