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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Nora, when did her father disappear?
(a) On her grandmother's birthday.
(b) When she was three years old.
(c) After her parents divorced.
(d) Before she was born.

2. Why is Harriet writing a song in Chapter 9?
(a) To enter in a contest.
(b) To sing to Avel at their wedding.
(c) To teach to Nora.
(d) As part of a school assignment.

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

4. Where does Harriet say goodbye to Avel in Chapter 8?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At home.
(c) At the airport.
(d) In a taxi.

5. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Thor's disappearance?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Four months.
(d) One month.

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

7. What are the two women in Chapter 4 getting paid to do at midnight?
(a) Clean-up duty.
(b) Pretend to be police officers.
(c) Sing.
(d) Take off their clothes.

8. What do Avel and Thor do with the two women in Chapter 4?
(a) Have several drinks.
(b) Go bowling.
(c) Go to a party.
(d) Take them to a hotel.

9. What is Patty Jane's maiden name?
(a) Dalbey.
(b) Dechaine.
(c) Dobbin.
(d) Dimsdale.

10. What does Avel return with in Chapter 6?
(a) Photographs of Thor.
(b) Gifts for the baby.
(c) Legal documents.
(d) A new car.

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

12. What does Harriet think about Patty Jane's pregnancy?
(a) Harriet is jealous of Patty Jane.
(b) Patty Jane should have gotten pregnant sooner.
(c) Patty Jane will make a poor mother.
(d) Patty Jane should haven taken some time for herself first.

13. Why do Patty Jane and Harriet stay home on New Year's Eve in Chapter 4?
(a) The weather is bad.
(b) Patty Jane is sick.
(c) Patty Jane is due to deliver.
(d) Harriet has a fight with Avel.

14. Where do Avel's sisters decide he needs to go on business in Chapter 7?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) Australia.

15. Where do Avel and Harriet go after the event in Chapter 8?
(a) To a hotel.
(b) To a cafe.
(c) To the lake where Avel proposed.
(d) To Ione's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looked after Patty Jane when her parents died?

2. How does Harriet feel about her impending wedding?

3. Where do Thor and Patty Jane argue in Chapter 6?

4. Who wrote the letter that Harriet shows Avel in Chapter 6?

5. Why does the store clerk give Harriet and Ione a free item in Chapter 7?

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