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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 did Willy Jack do to practice for his audition?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Watch video tapes.

2. What is the name of the bar Willy Jack stops at?
(a) Tom Pony's.
(b) Made in America.
(c) Sticker Creek Saloon.
(d) The Welcome Wagon.

3. Where do Novalee and Americus stay during the natural disaster?
(a) Shelter.
(b) A neighbor's cellar.
(c) Their basement.
(d) A neighbor's basement.

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

5. What city does Willy Jack's cousin live in?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Bakersfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "cabin a couple hundred feet from the house" called?

2. What gift did Novalee not receive from characters she met in Chapter 2?

3. What make the cellar shake?

4. Who does Novalee travel with on her trip in Chapter 22?

5. The names of Lexie's four children symbolizes her obsession with....

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Novalee learn about Benny's heritage through photography?

2. Describe how Novalee helps out during the tornado.

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

4. How has Novalee changed over the course of this book?

5. How does Forney contrast to Novalee?

6. What are Lexie's children's names and what do they tell us about Lexie?

7. Why is Claire obsessed with Band-Aids?

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

9. Why is the buckeye tree important to Novalee?

10. Why is Willy Jack pulled over?

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