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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zorrie tell Opal that Harold used to say she was as smart as?
(a) A school principal.
(b) A priest.
(c) A fox.
(d) A dolphin.

2. 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 she does not feel the same way about him.
(d) He knows Zorrie might be gay.

3. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?
(a) Water.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Juice.
(d) Listerine.

4. What does Virgil's death make Zorrie think of as she walks home from the Summers house?
(a) Harold's death.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her baby.

5. What happens to Marie in Part IV?
(a) She gets remarried.
(b) She gets ill with cancer.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She moves in with Zorrie.

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

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

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

9. Who does Zorrie tell Opal helps run her farm now?
(a) Noah.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Lester.
(d) Henry.

10. 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) It was bad luck to spill milk.
(c) She had been clumsy.
(d) She had made the table cry.

11. Why was Opal's family happy she started living with Noah?
(a) They were happy to have her off their own hands.
(b) They wanted Opal to work on a farm.
(c) They wanted Opal to become a veterinarian.
(d) They loved Noah.

12. What kind of pie does Zorrie make for Noah the first time she brings him dinner in Part IV?
(a) Peach.
(b) Blueberry.
(c) Apple.
(d) Cherry.

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

14. What does Noah do after Virgil dies?
(a) Burns the trees in the field.
(b) Confines himself to his room for a while.
(c) Goes fishing all day.
(d) Cooks for the funeral.

15. What does Hank tell everyone about the fire?
(a) It was intentional.
(b) Hank himself started it accidentally.
(c) It is a crime.
(d) It was an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Virgil's favorite books?

2. What does Zorrie suddenly realize Noah thinks about her having visited Opal?

3. What does Noah say when Zorrie asks him if he would consider going to church?

4. What does Hank tell Zorrie about Noah and Opal that shocks her?

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

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