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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zorrie bring as a larger gift to the person she visits for the first time in Part III?
(a) A full meal.
(b) A credenza.
(c) Her record player.
(d) A car.

2. 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 painter's hands.
(c) She has a musician's hands.
(d) She has a mother's hands.

3. What happens to the Summers house after Ruby's death?
(a) A deep silence descends.
(b) Opal comes back to live there.
(c) It is sold.
(d) Zorrie moves in.

4. Where is one of the fire trucks from in Part IV?
(a) Harrisburg.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Kempton.
(d) Ottawa.

5. What does Zorrie buy new for herself in Part III?
(a) A record player.
(b) A mixer.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A couch.

6. Where does Zorrie travel with her blueberries and other gifts in Part III?
(a) The maternity ward at the local clinic.
(b) Logansport State Hospital.
(c) Her aunt's house.
(d) Jennifer's house.

7. Why does Noah tell Zorrie Virgil kept going to church, even though he did not think much of it in his later years?
(a) To please Noah.
(b) To please Zorrie.
(c) To please Ruby.
(d) To please Opal.

8. What does Zorrie's would-be suitor say when he eventually gives up trying to win her over?
(a) He knows Zorrie still wants a child.
(b) He knows Noah loves her.
(c) He knows Zorrie might be gay.
(d) He knows she does not feel the same way about him.

9. What did Harold once say when Zorrie spilled something on their table in their early years of marriage?
(a) She was always graceful to him.
(b) She had made the table cry.
(c) She had been clumsy.
(d) It was bad luck to spill milk.

10. What does Opal tell Zorrie she thinks she might be too in Part IV?
(a) A friend.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A ghost girl.
(d) An ill person.

11. Who tells Zorrie about a nearby blueberry farm?
(a) Noah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Lester.
(d) Ruby.

12. What does Noah give Zorrie right after Virgil dies?
(a) A new puppy.
(b) His coat.
(c) A flower.
(d) His Montaigne book.

13. What does Opal tell Zorrie they used to let her do at the hospital?
(a) Paint.
(b) Bake.
(c) Sing.
(d) Milk cows in the dairy.

14. Why does Noah do what he does in Part IV that is so shocking to the community?
(a) He wants to be arrested.
(b) He wants to be taken to the same institution as Opal is in.
(c) He wants to be killed.
(d) He wants Zorrie to marry him.

15. Who is Lester's wife?
(a) Maria.
(b) Joan.
(c) Emma.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorrie tell Noah right after Virgil dies?

2. What does Noah do in Part IV that is dangerous and shocking?

3. How does Candy Wilson refer to Zorrie's generosity with her produce from the farm?

4. What does Opal tell Zorrie her doctors have told her?

5. What does Noah do after Virgil dies?

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