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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 Thor building in Chapter 22?

2. What does Reese arrange for Harriet in Chapter 19?

3. What shocks the women during the first lecture in Chapter 12?

4. What does Ione send to the people at House of Curl while she is on vacation?

5. What does Harriet realize when she notices the date on the newspaper in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of alcoholism in the novel "Patty Jane's House of Curl." What are some examples of when alcohol leads to problems for the characters, particularly Harriet. How did Patty Jane's and Harriet's parents' alcoholism affect them?

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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