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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. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who tries to talk to Novalee but can't?
(a) Praline.
(b) Brummett.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Cherry.

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

3. Who does Novalee go to see in a hotel in Chapter 34?
(a) Lexie.
(b) Forney.
(c) Moses Whitecotton.
(d) Benny Goodluck.

4. How much money did Novalee get for her first photography job?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Seventy dollars.
(c) Sixty dollars.
(d) Eighty dollars.

5. What does Novalee learn from Moses?
(a) Wedding pictures are very important.
(b) He and his wife are moving.
(c) His wife is sick.
(d) He is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Because of Lexie's condition, where do Lexie's children stay?

3. Novalee tells Lexie that Brummett could recover when:

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

5. Who does Novalee take Americus to before going to see Willy Jack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the things that Novalee copes with throughout Chapter 24?

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

9. What stages does Novalee see in Benny?

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

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