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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 much money did Novalee receive from the life insurance check in Chapter 25?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $18,000.
(d) $12,000.

2. How much weight has Lexie lost with her mouth wired shut?
(a) Seventy pounds.
(b) Eighty pounds.
(c) Fifty pounds.
(d) Sixty pounds.

3. What is the name of the woman Willy Jack leaves the bar with?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Lexie.
(c) Dephia.
(d) Claire.

4. Lexie raves to Novalee about what in Chapter 28?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her new boyfriend.
(c) Her new house.
(d) Her children.

5. What does Americus pray for at night?
(a) That God will bring Forney back.
(b) That God will make her mom well.
(c) That God will comfort them.
(d) That God will protect them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Novalee tells Lexie that Brummett could recover when:

2. As Novalee and Lexie got closer to home, what is happening?

3. Who watches Americus when Novalee works at night?

4. In what year does Chapter 24 take place?

5. Who is Johnny DeSoto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is meant by Lexie finally finding good luck?

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

4. How does Forney leaving affect everyone?

5. What happens with the women Willy Jack charms?

6. How have Novalee and Forney helped each other to heal in Chapter 33?

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

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

9. What does "Look at all you've done, Novalee, look at all you've done for yourself" mean?

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

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