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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shortly after Novalee gets home, who calls her?
(a) Moses.
(b) Certain.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Mrs. Ortiz.

2. Who is Lexie getting married to?
(a) Leon Yoder.
(b) Willy Jack Pickens.
(c) Benny Goodluck.
(d) Forney Hull.

3. While Novalee is at work at the service counter, what happens?
(a) A gunman enters.
(b) A moment of silence is taken.
(c) Novalee sees Willy Jack.
(d) Someone tries to rob Wal-Mart.

4. Who watches Americus when Novalee works at night?
(a) Forney.
(b) Certain.
(c) Moses.
(d) Mrs. Ortiz.

5. What does part of the letter written to Americus say?
(a) Take care of your mother.
(b) Read a book every week.
(c) I'm coming to visit you.
(d) Learn Latin before third grade.

6. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who is rocking back and forth?
(a) Praline.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Brummett.

7. Novalee learns that all of the Hull men graduated from what college?
(a) Danforth.
(b) Bowdoin.
(c) Meramec.
(d) Boston.

8. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who is naked except for socks?
(a) Praline.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Brummett.
(d) Lexie.

9. What does Willy Jack continually hear Novalee tell him in his head?
(a) "Feel that?".
(b) "Love You".
(c) "The Beat of a Heart".
(d) "Home is where the heart is".

10. At the beginning of Chapter 29, where was Novalee going through negatives and prints?
(a) Family room.
(b) Living room.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Kitchen.

11. Where does Novalee kiss someone in Chapter 37?
(a) In a pick-up.
(b) Under the buckeye tree.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In Novalee's house.

12. What relationship did Ray and Sister Husband have?
(a) They were in foster care together.
(b) Church Missionaries.
(c) Alcoholics in AA.
(d) Employees at Wal-Mart.

13. What does Americus give her mom as medicine?
(a) Sweet Tarts.
(b) M&M's.
(c) Skittles.
(d) Gum balls.

14. How many days was Sister Husband on life support?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

15. In what year does Chapter 24 take place?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of Lexie's husband?

2. What does Americus pray for at night?

3. Lexie's husband is going to get Brummett into what?

4. In Chapter 31, Novalee is at a photography seminar that occurs on what day of the week?

5. What is the name of the woman Willy Jack leaves the bar with?

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