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

2. Where does Novalee locate Forney in Chapter 35?
(a) Library.
(b) Chaucer's Book Store.
(c) Barnes and Noble.
(d) Borders.

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

4. What is Cowpokes?
(a) A town in Nevada.
(b) A nickname for Willy Jack's jail.
(c) A nickname for Willy Jack.
(d) A club Willy Jack plays in.

5. After Novalee is in HER house, what time does she get home from working at Wal-Mart?
(a) Ten o'clock.
(b) Eight-thirty.
(c) Nine-thirty.
(d) Nine o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do Lexie and her husband have between them?

2. Where is Sister Husband buried?

3. Claire Hudson contacts Ruth Meyers because...

4. Willy Jack sings along to "The Beat of a Heart" on the jukebox sung by....

5. While Novalee is at work at the service counter, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does seeing the lights on in the hotel room enlighten Novalee?

2. Who is Ray and how does he change Novalee's life?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Brummett call Novalee at the start of Chapter 29?

8. How does Forney leaving affect everyone?

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

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

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