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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the neighbor who helps during the natural disaster?
(a) Mrs. Ortiz.
(b) Mrs. Coup.
(c) Mrs. Whitecotton.
(d) Mrs. Orbet.

2. What gallery does Novalle attend on her trip in Chapter 22?
(a) Photography Museum.
(b) Fairmont Museum.
(c) Scientific Museum.
(d) Historical Museum.

3. Who does Willy Jack remind Claire of?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

4. Why does Novalee have to take a trip in Chapter 22?
(a) To receive an award.
(b) To take a vacation.
(c) To visit Willy Jack.
(d) All of the above.

5. Novalee "clasps her hands in amazement". What does she see?
(a) Many books in the reading room.
(b) A delicious dinner.
(c) Roses and candles in the reading room.
(d) Forney dressed in a formal suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of practice does Willy Jack do in Claire's office?

2. Where do Novalee and Americus stay during the natural disaster?

3. What important event happens in Chapter 8?

4. What is happening at the end of the Chapter 18 to make Novalee panic?

5. Novalee also meets Sam Walton. Who is he?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Willy Jack and Momma Nell alike?

2. Where do the police find Americus?

3. What is the significance of Novalee's daughter's name, Americus?

4. How has Novalee's vision of photography changed?

5. What are the gifts Novalee receives in Chapter 2 and who are they from?

6. Why is Willy Jack pulled over?

7. How is Ruth Meyers not like the other women in Willy Jack's life?

8. How is Novalee building the life she dreamed of?

9. How is Willy Jack trying to change his life after being released from prison?

10. Novalee visits the Whitecotton place. What does she learn?

(see the answer keys)

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