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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 132 - 161).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?
(a) They are too expensive.
(b) She needs them for food in the famine.
(c) Swine virus.
(d) They become aggressive.

2. What is one of Virgil's favorite books?
(a) The Hobbit.
(b) Montaigne.
(c) The dictionary.
(d) Jane Eyre.

3. What does Zorrie tell Ruby about her hands right before she dies?
(a) She has the prettiest pair of hands Zorrie has ever seen.
(b) She has a musician's hands.
(c) She has a painter's hands.
(d) She has a mother's hands.

4. When does Bessie pass away?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

5. What does Opal write to Noah about?
(a) Whirlwinds.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dreams she has had.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gus die?

2. What had Zorrie's mother once loved, according to her aunt?

3. Who had Janie most wanted near her side at the end of her life?

4. Where is one of Zorrie's friends from the factory originally from?

5. What does Hank tell everyone about the fire?

(see the answer key)

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