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

2. Where does Novalle see the headline "Victim's Wheelchair Stolen"?
(a) Billboard.
(b) Magazine.
(c) Internet.
(d) Newspaper.

3. What does part of the letter written to Americus say?
(a) Learn Latin before third grade.
(b) Take care of your mother.
(c) Read a book every week.
(d) I'm coming to visit you.

4. Where are Novalee and Americus going to meet Lexie and her children when Lexie shares that she is pregnant?
(a) The park.
(b) Burger King.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) Wal-Mart.

5. Who watches Americus when Novalee works at night?
(a) Moses.
(b) Mrs. Ortiz.
(c) Certain.
(d) Forney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Claire Hudson contacts Ruth Meyers because...

2. Shortly after Novalee gets home, who calls her?

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

4. How does Novalee locate Forney in Chapter 35?

5. Who does Americus get a letter from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens with the women Willy Jack charms?

3. How does Forney leaving affect everyone?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when Novalee talks to the camera shop owner, and why is it significant to Novalee?

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

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

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