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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Noah's wife?
(a) Rhonda.
(b) Ellis.
(c) Opal.
(d) Helen.

2. What great news does Zorrie and Harold share with Harold's parents in Part II?
(a) They are buying another farm.
(b) They are having a baby.
(c) They are moving to a new country.
(d) They are starting a new business.

3. What does Zorrie's favorite teacher give her to eat when she happens upon his house looking for work?
(a) Beef.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Egg sandwiches.

4. What killed Zorrie's parents?
(a) Flu.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Tetanus.
(d) Cholera.

5. What does Zorrie give to Marie as a gift?
(a) A pearl she finds.
(b) Nail varnish.
(c) A shell she finds.
(d) A leaf she finds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zorrie fall asleep more than once after Gus and Bessie pass away?

2. What does Zorrie save for herself from her factory work?

3. What does Zorrie give to Janie as a gift?

4. What does Zorrie name her gift from Ruby?

5. Where does Zorrie try to travel on her own in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zorrie seem to think of the community's treatment of the topic of miscarriage?

2. Who raises Zorrie, and why?

3. What tragedy does Zorrie learn about in Noah's life in Part II?

4. How does Harold die in the war?

5. What does Zorrie drink sometimes during her early pregnancy, believing it is good for her and the baby?

6. Early in Part II, what great news do Zorrie and Harold share with Gus and Bessie?

7. How does Zorrie meet Harold?

8. What feeling does Zorrie have that alarms herself at the summer picnic in Part I?

9. What do the women at the factory do with the radium in their free time?

10. In Part II, why does Noah start keeping a much closer eye on Virgil?

(see the answer keys)

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