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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. Where is Harriet buying when she bumps into Reese in Chapter 18?

2. What does Harriet have a vague memory of upon waking up in a hotel room in Chapter 17?

3. Why do Harriet's work habits change in Chapter 15?

4. What is Harriet sick with?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Harriet doing when she runs into Reese in Chapter 18? What does Reese give her?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Patty Jane decide to do at the House of Curl in Chapter 12?

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

9. Why does Patty Jane write to Avel's sisters 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

Analyze and interpret the relationships between Harriet and Avel and Harriet and Reese. What ups and downs do they experience during their relationships? Are they well-suited for one another? How does Harriet handle Avel's untimely death? How does Reese help Harriet pick up the pieces?

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

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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