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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. Who does Novalee run into while working at Wal-Mart?
(a) Sister Husband.
(b) Forney.
(c) Moses.
(d) Willy Jack.

2. How many children does Lexie Coup have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Which of these characters did Novalee not meet in Chapter 2?
(a) Certain Whitecotton.
(b) Moses Whitecotton.
(c) Benny Goodluck.
(d) Sister Husband.

4. Who comes to help Novalee at the important event in Chapter 8?
(a) Willy Jack.
(b) Sister Husband.
(c) Moses Whitecotton.
(d) Forney Hull.

5. Who is Troy Moffatt?
(a) A co-worker of Novalee.
(b) Friend of Lexie Coup.
(c) Friends of Lexie's children.
(d) Friend of Willy Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Willy Jack arrested?

2. How old is Novalee Nation when the story begins?

3. Where does Novalee meet Lexie Coup for lunch?

4. Who comes to the hospital to visit Novalee and tries to help her find her own apartment?

5. What is the "cabin a couple hundred feet from the house" called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about where Sister Husband lives and Novalee and her dream?

2. What does Novalee find in the library?

3. Explain how Novalee and Lexie are similar and how Troy and Willy Jack are similar.

4. What are Lexie's children's names and what do they tell us about Lexie?

5. How does Novalee show her unique perspective of photography at Rattlesnake Ridge?

6. Novalee visits the Whitecotton place. What does she learn?

7. What does Novalee learn about Benny's heritage through photography?

8. Why is Claire obsessed with Band-Aids?

9. How are Willy Jack and Momma Nell alike?

10. How has Novalee's vision of photography changed?

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