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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 Ione's gift to Harriet in Chapter 25 from?

2. How does Nora's relationship with her mother change as she becomes a teenager?

3. How does Patty Jane feel about seeing Thor in Chapter 22?

4. According to Clyde, why would a relationship not work between him and Patty Jane?

5. What does Clyde tell Patty Jane cannot happen again in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Thor's reappearance affect Patty Jane and Clyde's relationship in Chapter 23?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Where do Reese, Clyde, and Harriet find Thor at Temple Curry's home? What does Temple tell them about her past and how she came to be with Thor?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Patty Jane's beauty salon, House of Curl. Why does she open this business? How does running this business help Patty Jane grieve the loss of her husband? Who does she meet because of the beauty parlor?

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

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?

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