4. How is the goodbye between Avel and Harriet described in Chapter 8?
(a) As tense.
(b) As brusk.
(c) As awkward.
(d) As tearful.

5. What will Harriet learn at the music school?
(a) Violin, cello, and singing.
(b) Timpani drum, xylophone, and singing.
(c) Piano, clarinet, and singing.
(d) Trumpet, harp, and singing.

6. What brand of car is Avel driving when he meets Harriet in Chapter 2?
(a) General Motors.
(b) Ford.
(c) Packard.
(d) Cadillac.

7. Who does Avel hire in Chapter 6?
(a) A private detective.
(b) A security guard.
(c) An assistant.
(d) A wedding planner.

8. Where does Avel's plane crash?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Houston.
(c) Havana.
(d) Port-au-Prince.

9. Why is Patty Jane angry at Thor in Chapter 6?
(a) He refuses to talk about the baby.
(b) He asked Harriet to stop visiting so frequently.
(c) He has been seeing another woman.
(d) He has been spending too much money.

10. What do Harriet and Ione go to the store for in Chapter 7?
(a) Diapers.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cigarettes.

11. What causes Thor's affection for Patty Jane to decrease?
(a) A new woman he meets.
(b) Patty Jane's insistance that Thor work all the time.
(c) The details of Patty Jane's past being revealed.
(d) Patty Jane's pregnancy.

12. How much money does Avel pay the two women to not do at midnight what they were paid to do?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) Twice as much as they were originally paid.
(c) Enough to buy a bus ticket out of town.
(d) Enough to cover their bar tab.

13. Who wrote the letter that Harriet shows Avel in Chapter 6?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A bartender.
(d) A college professor.

14. Where are Nora and her mother during the prologue of the novel?
(a) A school.
(b) On a bus.
(c) At home.
(d) A drug store.

15. What kind of vehicle were the couples going to use on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?
(a) A flashy convertible.
(b) A horse-drawn carriage.
(c) A bus.
(d) A limo.