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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Noah put around his father's body after he dies?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Sage.
(c) Thyme.
(d) A ring of lime powder.

2. What does Zorrie's conversation with Noah about church make her wonder about herself?
(a) Whether she would ever become a nun.
(b) If she had read enough of the Bible to really understand it.
(c) If Reverend Carter liked her or not.
(d) How her own attitudes towards church were changing.

3. What does Marie tell Zorrie about the Radium in Part III?
(a) It is very carcinogenic.
(b) It is still healthy for you.
(c) She still uses it even though she knows she should not.
(d) It is neither healthy or unhealthy for you.

4. What does Marie tell Zorrie about her memories of Zorrie in Part III?
(a) They were sad.
(b) They were angry.
(c) She does not have many memories of Zorrie.
(d) They were happy.

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

6. What does Zorrie smell when she wakes at dawn one day in Part IV?
(a) Death.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Chemicals.

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

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

9. Who dies from Zorrie's past in Part III?
(a) Riley.
(b) Helen.
(c) Janie.
(d) Mr. Thomas.

10. What does Hank tell Zorrie about Noah and Opal that shocks her?
(a) Noah was married before Opal.
(b) They are not married.
(c) Opal was married before Noah.
(d) They had children once.

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

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

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

14. What does Zorrie start doing regularly in Part IV?
(a) Visiting Opal.
(b) Adopting dogs.
(c) Taking dinner to Noah's and eating with him.
(d) Singing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Opal say she would like to be buried?

2. Who is Lester's wife?

3. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?

4. What does Opal tell Zorrie they used to let her do at the hospital?

5. What does Noah give Zorrie right after Virgil dies?

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