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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) $12,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $18,000.

2. Ruth Meyers and Claire Hudson have both been __________ by Willy Jack.
(a) Scammed.
(b) Charmed.
(c) Amused.
(d) Delighted.

3. Why does Certain say Moses is "staying busy with a broken hand"?
(a) Novalee and Americus are moving.
(b) Friends are dying because of the tornado.
(c) Certain and Moses are fighting.
(d) Sister Husband is dying.

4. Who watches Americus during the day while Novalee is working?
(a) Forney.
(b) Moses.
(c) Mrs. Ortiz.
(d) Certain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Novalee learn from Moses?

3. What type of car does the woman who Willy Jack leaves the bar with drive?

4. What condition is Willy Jack in when Novalee goes to visit him?

5. Where are Novalee and Americus going to meet Lexie and her children when Lexie shares that she is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the number 7 in Chapter 38 connect with Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. How does Sister Husband have an influence on Novalee?

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

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

8. What made Novalee take a job as a photographer?

9. How is the buckeye tree given to Novalee by Benny symbolic for both characters?

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

(see the answer keys)

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