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

2. While at Forney's, Novalee hears some loud, strange noises. Where did they come from?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Downstairs.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Reading room.

3. What gift did Novalee want for Christmas and not receive from grandma?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Doll.
(c) Doll house.
(d) Video game.

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

5. What important event happens in Chapter 8?
(a) Novalee learns how to read.
(b) Novalee has her baby,
(c) Willy Jack comes to work.
(d) The buckeye tree dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Rollei?

2. While searching for Americus how many police cars with flashing lights pass?

3. What make of car does Novalee own?

4. How old is Americus at the time of her disappearance?

5. Novalee goes to the library looking for a book about...

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Forney contrast to Novalee?

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

6. Where do the police find Americus?

7. Who are the police considering as suspects in the disappearance of Americus?

8. What is the true nature of Willy Jack Pickens?

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

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

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