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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Novalee get for her first photography job?

3. What city do most of the letters written to Americus come from?

4. Where do Benny and Novalee communicate about various topics?

5. Where is Sister Husband buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Forney leaving affect everyone?

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

3. How does Retha Holloway make Novalee feel insecure about the difference between she and Forney?

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

5. What happens with the women Willy Jack charms?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the parallel between names in this book and names within the Christmas nativity. What are the religious connections?

Essay Topic 2

How are each of the gifts Novalee receives her first day in town at Wal-Mart symbolic to her own life? Tell what the gift is, what is symbolic about it, and how does this symbolism relate to Novalee.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance of names, as emphasized by Moses Whitecotton. Further, explain the parallel between names in this book and those of the Christmas nativity.

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