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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 Reese's job?

2. In what condition does Patty Jane find Harriet upon returning home in Chapter 11?

3. What does Clyde tell Patty Jane cannot happen again in Chapter 13?

4. How does Ione feel about seeing her son in Chapter 22?

5. Where does Reese invite Harriet to in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora deal with her father's reappearance?

2. What does Patty Jane discover one day when she returns home in Chapter 11? Why are Patty Jane and Ione especially worried?

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

4. How does Harriet end up homeless in Chapter 16? What does she realize will always provide her with a place to sleep?

5. 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?

6. Why does Patty Jane urge Harriet to see a doctor in Chapter 25? What do Patty Jane and Nora discover one day after Harriet fails to return from napping?

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

8. What do the doctors tell Ione and Patty Jane about Thor's condition in Chapter 23?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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

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