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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. How many children do Lexie and her husband have between them?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

2. Where does Novalle see the headline "Victim's Wheelchair Stolen"?
(a) Internet.
(b) Magazine.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Billboard.

3. Who dies as a result of the fire?
(a) Forney Hull.
(b) Mrs. Ortiz.
(c) Mr. Ortiz.
(d) Mary Elizabeth Hull.

4. Novalee sees Retha Holloway. Who is she?
(a) A former Wal-Mart employee.
(b) The president of the Literary Guild.
(c) Forney's aunt.
(d) The mayor's daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Novalee cannot stop thinking about someone in Chapter 34. Who is it?

2. At the end of the book, who does Novalee call after talking with Willy Jack?

3. When the new library is built, who will the be new librarian?

4. Ruth Meyers and Claire Hudson have both been __________ by Willy Jack.

5. Because of the natural disaster, Novalee learns that Wal-Mart was destroyed and would not be rebuilt in it's current location. The new Wal-Mart is being built how many miles away from where it originally was?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brummett call Novalee at the start of Chapter 29?

2. What is a way that Lexie has acknowledged her children have change?

3. How is Delphia similar to the kind of woman Willy Jack usually encounters?

4. Why are Certain and Moses suffering with broken hearts in Chapter 25?

5. Contrast "pick of the litter" in the conversations between Novalee and Lexie.

6. Through Chapter 26, how are Novalee and Willy Jack's lives going in opposite directions?

7. In Chapter 33, how are both good and bad luck shown?

8. How does Retha Holloway make Novalee feel insecure about the difference between she and Forney?

9. What is the two-fold meaning of the word "disconnected"?

10. Why is Novalee worried about going to the photography seminar?

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