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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patty Jane announce to Thor on the morning after their wedding?
(a) That she doesn't want children.
(b) That she has just conceived their child.
(c) That she loves someone else.
(d) That she wants to leave him.

2. What is Patty Jane in awe of in Chapter 3?
(a) Thor's helpfulness.
(b) Her changing body.
(c) Ione's generosity.
(d) A single mother she befriends.

3. To Avel, what does the fight in Chapter 4 prove?
(a) That women find him attractive.
(b) That he is manly despite his size.
(c) That Thor considers Avel a friend.
(d) That he should stay away from alcohol.

4. When did Thor's father die?
(a) In the war.
(b) On Thor's highschool graduation day.
(c) The previous winter.
(d) When Thor was a small boy.

5. How did Patty Jane's parents die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) From carbon monoxide poisoning.
(c) From pneumonia.
(d) Of old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two women in Chapter 4 getting paid to do at midnight?

2. Where are Nora and her mother during the prologue of the novel?

3. According to Nora, when did her father disappear?

4. Where does Patty Jane agree to go with Ione on Christmas Eve in Chapter 3?

5. How does Thor feel about becoming a father?

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