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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Zorrie's maiden name?
(a) Callisher.
(b) Summers.
(c) Dunne.
(d) Henderson.

3. Who does Zorrie start having supper with every Thursday?
(a) James.
(b) The Hendersons.
(c) The Summerses.
(d) Hank.

4. What does Ruby bring out to the field to feed Zorrie, Harold, Virgil, and Noah when they take a rest in Part II?
(a) Ham sandwiches.
(b) Pineapple upside-down cake.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Brownies.

5. Who is one of Zorrie's friends at the factory?
(a) Marie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Joan.
(d) Jennifer.

6. Who helps out around the farm in an early summer in Part II?
(a) Noah.
(b) Frank.
(c) Hank.
(d) James.

7. Where does Zorrie travel after leaving work at the factory?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Indiana.

8. When is Harold killed in the war?
(a) August 1942.
(b) January 1944.
(c) May 1939.
(d) December 1943.

9. What is the name of the powder Zorrie uses at the factory?
(a) Luna powder.
(b) Lead powder.
(c) Uranium powder.
(d) Heavy powder.

10. What material does Zorrie use in her factory job?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Lead.
(c) String.
(d) Radium.

11. What does Zorrie start feeling in Part I that she has never really felt before?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Her hair falling out.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Her body slowing down.

12. What does Zorrie name her gift from Ruby?
(a) Oats.
(b) Riley.
(c) Zelda.
(d) James.

13. Who signed papers that allowed Opal to be committed to an institution?
(a) James.
(b) Hank.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Frank.

14. What does Zorrie finds out has happened to Mr. Thomas when she visits him after her factory work in Part I?
(a) He has moved away.
(b) He is convalescing in a care home after a stroke.
(c) He has gotten married.
(d) He has died.

15. What does Zorrie work at in the factory in Part I?
(a) Painting clock faces.
(b) Making shoes.
(c) Making food.
(d) Tailoring dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Zorrie get at the factory that sticks?

2. Whose farm borders Zorrie's and her husbands?

3. Where does Zorrie sometimes sleep in the beginning of her work a the factory?

4. What did Zorrie's aunt die of?

5. Who wins the children's seed-spitting contest at the picnic in Part II?

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