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

2. What does Willy Jack tell Johnny DeSoto that he really needs?
(a) An album.
(b) A new agent.
(c) A television appearance.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. How many pictures does Novalee end up taking for the photography seminar in Chapter 31?
(a) Seventy-three.
(b) Seventy-two.
(c) Seventy-one.
(d) Seventy-four.

4. Novalee cannot stop thinking about someone in Chapter 34. Who is it?
(a) Willy Jack.
(b) Americus.
(c) Sister Husband.
(d) Forney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman Willy Jack leaves the bar with?

2. How old was Sister Husband when she died?

3. Because of the events with Roger Briscoe, who does Lexie take Praline and Brummett to see?

4. The headline is about Willy Jack. Where is Willy Jack?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 29, who calls Novalee while she is working on photography?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is important to Novalee as she decorates her new house?

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

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 does Novalee attempt to console Lexie throughout Chapter 30?

10. How does Forney leaving affect everyone?

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