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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. Where is Sister Husband buried?
(a) Risen Lord Cemetery.
(b) Lord of Life Cemetery.
(c) Paradise Cemetery.
(d) Everlasting Cemetery.

2. How many children do Lexie and her husband have between them?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

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

4. When Novalee enters Lexie's, who is naked except for socks?
(a) Praline.
(b) Brummett.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Lexie.

5. Where do Benny and Novalee communicate about various topics?
(a) Wal-Mart.
(b) The Biddle home.
(c) The wedding.
(d) McDonalds.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ray, what did Sister Husband leave Novalee in her will?

2. What is Cowpokes?

3. What does Americus give her mom as medicine?

4. What relationship did Ray and Sister Husband have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Delphia similar to the kind of woman Willy Jack usually encounters?

2. Contrast "pick of the litter" in the conversations between Novalee and Lexie.

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

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

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

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

7. What happens with the women Willy Jack charms?

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

9. What stages does Novalee see in Benny?

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

(see the answer keys)

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