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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 kind of trip does Ione go on in Chapter 25?

2. How did the crazy woman lose her dentistry license?

3. What is Patty Jane unable to understand about Clyde's sculptures?

4. What shames Patty Jane in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Merry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Reese, Clyde, and Harriet find Thor at Temple Curry's home? What does Temple tell them about her past and how she came to be with Thor?

2. In Chapter 16, what does Patty Jane begin to dwell on as Harriet's absence draws out? Who does Patty Jane turn to for comfort?

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

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

5. What business does Patty Jane start in Chapter 11?

6. How does Thor's reappearance affect Patty Jane and Clyde's relationship in Chapter 23?

7. 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?

8. Where does Ione go in Chapter 25? What does she learn when she returns home?

9. What happens to Harriet while she is riding on a bus in Chapter 14? Where does Harriet go afterward?

10. What is Harriet doing one day when she sees a school bus pass by? Why is the passing of the school bus significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss love and romance in the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." Who does Patty Jane first fall in love with? How does this relationship sway her decisions and affect the rest of her life? Does she find true happiness with her husband? How does her love for Thor compare for her love for Clyde. How does Harriet's love for Avel compare to her love for Reese?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the character Nora. What does she reveal of her character while she is the narrator in the epilogue and prologue? Describe her relationships with her parents. What are her defining character traits?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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