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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 Zorrie drink during her pregnancy?
(a) Luna powder in water.
(b) Cranberry juice.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Guinness.

2. What does Zorrie give to Janie as a gift?
(a) Nail varnish.
(b) A necklace of her own.
(c) A leaf she finds.
(d) A pearl she finds.

3. What does Zorrie wear for her wedding?
(a) A pantsuit.
(b) A dress she sews herself.
(c) Work clothes.
(d) Her mother-in-law's dress.

4. What does Zorrie's husband do for a living?
(a) Bricklayer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What does Zorrie ask Earl to find in the barn in Part II that she later realizes she threw away?
(a) A length of ribbon.
(b) A particular hoe.
(c) Harold's rake.
(d) A set of scales.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who raised Zorrie after her parents' death?

4. What does Zorrie give to Marie as a gift?

5. Who is the only beneficiary in Gus's will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harold die in the war?

2. How does Zorrie meet Harold?

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

4. How does the community seem to view Virgil?

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

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

7. Why does Harold feel guilty about Zorrie miscarrying?

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

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?

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