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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Zorrie struck by when she meets Opal?
(a) Opal's beautiful clothes.
(b) Opal's gray hair.
(c) Opal's startling blue eyes.
(d) Opal's missing teeth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Zorrie briefly consider doing about Oats?
(a) Giving her away.
(b) Giving her different food.
(c) Taking her to training classes.
(d) Finding her a dog partner.

10. Who does Zorrie go to visit for the first time in Part III?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Joan.
(c) Henry.
(d) Opal.

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

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

13. What does Noah do in Part IV that is dangerous and shocking?
(a) Kills his chickens.
(b) Sets his barn on fire.
(c) Tries to kill himself.
(d) Cuts down all his own trees.

14. How does Candy Wilson refer to Zorrie's generosity with her produce from the farm?
(a) Bread-basketing.
(b) Flourishing with neighbors.
(c) Giving to the end.
(d) Handing out the luck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts trying to date Zorrie in Part III?

2. What does Virgil's death make Zorrie think of as she walks home from the Summers house?

3. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?

4. What does Zorrie tell Opal that Harold used to say she was as smart as?

5. What does Hank ask Zorrie to do in Part IV?

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