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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. At the beginning of Chapter 29, who calls Novalee while she is working on photography?
(a) Moses.
(b) Brummett.
(c) Forney.
(d) Lexie.

2. What does part of the letter written to Americus say?
(a) Take care of your mother.
(b) Read a book every week.
(c) Learn Latin before third grade.
(d) I'm coming to visit you.

3. Because of Lexie's condition, where do Lexie's children stay?
(a) The Ortiz's.
(b) Forney's.
(c) Novalee's.
(d) The Whitecotton's.

4. Where does Novalee kiss someone in Chapter 37?
(a) Under the buckeye tree.
(b) On the porch.
(c) In a pick-up.
(d) In Novalee's house.

5. Novalee thinks she is dreaming about what at the start of Chapter 37?
(a) Romantic music.
(b) Forney.
(c) Willy Jack.
(d) Buckeye trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who is naked except for socks?

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

3. How long will Lexie require a wire to help with her injuries?

4. Roger Briscoe, Lexie's boyfriend, did what to Brummett?

5. Praline has had bad dreams and is afraid of....

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Novalee talks to the camera shop owner, and why is it significant to Novalee?

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

4. How does Novalee attempt to console Lexie throughout Chapter 30?

5. What happens with the women Willy Jack charms?

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

7. How does the Q-tip help Novalee in her photography?

8. How does Novalee mourn the loss of Sister Husband?

9. Novalee's dream in Chapter 1 is a similar foreshadowing to what event in Chapter 32?

10. What is the significance of Lexie's childrens' name change in Chapter 29?

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