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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. While Novalee leaves to do another photography job, who does Americus stay with?
(a) The Whitecottons.
(b) Benny.
(c) Mrs. Ortiz.
(d) Forney.

2. What is the photograph of that Novalee works on at her workstation?
(a) Fish.
(b) An Insect.
(c) A Frog.
(d) A Lizard.

3. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who is rocking back and forth?
(a) Brummett.
(b) Lexie.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Praline.

4. Through which university does Novalee attend a seminar?
(a) Southwestern State.
(b) Northeastern State.
(c) Southeastern State.
(d) Northwestern State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Putnam, the professor of the photography seminar, take the class?

2. Why is this character unable to talk?

3. What makes Ruth Meyers call Willy Jack a liar?

4. Novalee tells Lexie that Brummett could recover when:

5. What does Willy Jack tell Johnny DeSoto that he really needs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the number 7 in Chapter 38 connect with Chapter 1?

4. Why are Certain and Moses suffering with broken hearts in Chapter 25?

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

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

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

8. How is the buckeye tree given to Novalee by Benny symbolic for both characters?

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

10. How does Sister Husband have an influence on Novalee?

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