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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester do with some of the profits from the great harvest?
(a) Buys a horse.
(b) Buys a new house.
(c) Buys a small farm near Boyleston.
(d) Gambles.

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

3. Who finds Virgil after he dies?
(a) Henry.
(b) Harold.
(c) Noah.
(d) Zorrie.

4. What does Zorrie tell Opal is about the only thing Noah likes?
(a) Opal's letters.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Music.

5. Where does Opal say she would like to be buried?
(a) The sea.
(b) A dirt mound.
(c) A wooden pyre.
(d) The churchyard cemetery.

6. 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.

7. What does Noah say when Zorrie asks him if he would consider going to church?
(a) It is not a place for him.
(b) He can not stand Reverend Carter.
(c) He hates church.
(d) Church does not really want him.

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

9. What does Zorrie bring to Ruby as a gift in Part IV?
(a) Nice yarn.
(b) A bunch of flowers.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Strawberries.

10. What does Zorrie tell Noah right after Virgil dies?
(a) Ruby could use some company and support.
(b) Opal needs Noah.
(c) She needs Noah's help.
(d) Oats needs Noah.

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

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

13. What do the churchgoers do after Ruby's funeral?
(a) Say prayers in the field.
(b) Have lunch in the basement.
(c) Have dinner at Zorrie's.
(d) Have a bonfire in her honor.

14. What happened to Zorrie's white oak trees in the late 1950s?
(a) They were eaten by beatles.
(b) They thrived.
(c) They were felled by storms.
(d) They were poached for wood.

15. Who does Hank insinuate that he thinks Zorrie might have feelings for?
(a) Henry.
(b) James.
(c) Noah.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zorrie bring as a larger gift to the person she visits for the first time in Part III?

2. What does Opal tell Zorrie she thinks she might be too in Part IV?

3. What does Zorrie's conversation with Noah about church make her wonder about herself?

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

5. What does Opal cryptically tell Zorrie is "behind her face" in Part IV?

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