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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 Ruby sing at Harold's funeral service?
(a) How Can I Keep From Singing.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) On Eagle's Wings.
(d) Battle Hymn of the Republic.

2. How does Zorrie meet her husband?
(a) At a dance.
(b) At a general store.
(c) Through her employers.
(d) At the library.

3. What does Ruby bring out to the field to feed Zorrie, Harold, Virgil, and Noah when they take a rest in Part II?
(a) Pineapple upside-down cake.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Brownies.
(d) Ham sandwiches.

4. In Part II, what does Ruby give Zorrie as a gift?
(a) A desk.
(b) A litter of kittens.
(c) A journal.
(d) A puppy.

5. What does Zorrie finds out has happened to Mr. Thomas when she visits him after her factory work in Part I?
(a) He has moved away.
(b) He has gotten married.
(c) He has died.
(d) He is convalescing in a care home after a stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Harold's funeral services held?

2. What does Zorrie dream of shortly after Harold's service?

3. Where does Harold's plane go down?

4. What does Noah's wife do that leads her to be institutionalized?

5. What does Zorrie take to wearing for a time in Part II, years after Harold's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Zorrie largely handle her feelings about Harold's death in the years immediately following it?

3. Why does Harold feel guilty about Zorrie miscarrying?

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

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

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

7. What does Zorrie do after her aunt's death?

8. What does Zorrie dream about right after Harold's funeral service?

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

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

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