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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 99 - 131).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Harold and Zorrie play cards with regularly?
(a) Frank and Elaine.
(b) Gus and Bessie.
(c) Henry.
(d) Richard and Rhonda.

2. What does Zorrie think about the townspeople's attitude towards her miscarriage?
(a) She is suspicious about it.
(b) She feels somewhat shamed by it.
(c) She has no opinion about it.
(d) She feels supported.

3. What does Noah's wife do that leads her to be institutionalized?
(a) Runs away from their house repeatedly.
(b) Sets fire to their house.
(c) Kills all their farm animals.
(d) Tries to cut Noah.

4. Who had Janie most wanted near her side at the end of her life?
(a) Her own mother.
(b) Her daughters.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Marie.

5. What is one really happy memory Zorrie has of her own childhood?
(a) Going shopping with her mother.
(b) Laying under the Christmas tree with her aunt.
(c) Playing cards with her father.
(d) Buying presents for birthdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts spending more and more time with Virgil to watch over him in Part II?

2. What does Noah put around his father's body after he dies?

3. What does Zorrie smell when she wakes at dawn one day in Part IV?

4. What happens to the Summers house after Ruby's death?

5. What does Zorrie tell Ruby about her hands right before she dies?

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