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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who had Janie most wanted near her side at the end of her life?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughters.
(c) Her own mother.
(d) Marie.

4. Who is Lester's wife?
(a) Emma.
(b) Maria.
(c) Joan.
(d) Jane.

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

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

7. What does Zorrie tell Ruby about her hands right before she dies?
(a) She has a painter's hands.
(b) She has a musician's hands.
(c) She has the prettiest pair of hands Zorrie has ever seen.
(d) She has a mother's hands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Zorrie do at the Summers's that helps Virgil?
(a) Sings.
(b) Sews.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Reads aloud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Zorrie's white oak trees in the late 1950s?

2. What does Zorrie's would-be suitor say when he eventually gives up trying to win her over?

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

4. Who dies from Zorrie's past in Part III?

5. Who finds Virgil after he dies?

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