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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. What does Opal write to Noah about?
(a) Whirlwinds.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dreams she has had.
(d) Music.

2. Why does Zorrie never make it to her destination in Part II?
(a) She has to stay home to take care of Noah.
(b) She gets robbed.
(c) She gets sick.
(d) She gets lost, and has car trouble.

3. What does Zorrie dream of shortly after Harold's service?
(a) Harold struggling in the water.
(b) Her aunt criticizing her sewing work.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Having a baby.

4. What had Zorrie's mother once loved, according to her aunt?
(a) Flowers and wine.
(b) Wood and books.
(c) Chocolate and grass.
(d) Blackberries and angel food cake.

5. Who raised Zorrie after her parents' death?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Harold killed in the war?

2. What does Zorrie name her gift from Ruby?

3. What does Zorrie's husband do for a living?

4. Where does Zorrie go to find work after her aunt's death?

5. What does Zorrie ask Earl to find in the barn in Part II that she later realizes she threw away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zorrie meet Harold?

2. What is Zorrie known throughout the county as for many years?

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

4. Why is Zorrie called a "ghost girl"?

5. In Part II, what happens when Zorrie tries to drive to visit her old friends in Ottawa?

6. Where does Zorrie get a job in Part I for a few months?

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

8. How does Hunt describe Zorrie's work ethic?

9. How does the community seem to view Virgil?

10. What does Zorrie say when Gus and Bessie say Harold will be back from the war soon enough?

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