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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts trying to date Zorrie in Part III?
(a) Noah Summers.
(b) Hank Dunn.
(c) Richard Riley.
(d) James Richards.

2. What does Hank ask Zorrie to do in Part IV?
(a) Move in with Noah.
(b) Marry Noah.
(c) Take Opal into her own home.
(d) Keep an eye on Noah.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. What does Oats take to doing that Zorrie knows is a big problem?
(a) Killing chickens.
(b) Eating too much.
(c) Wandering all over the countryside.
(d) Vomiting.

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

9. 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 car.
(d) A full meal.

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. What does Opal cryptically tell Zorrie is "behind her face" in Part IV?
(a) Fear.
(b) A cave all her own.
(c) A smile.
(d) Sadness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zorrie briefly consider doing about Oats?

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

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

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

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