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

2. What does Opal tell Zorrie they used to let her do at the hospital?
(a) Bake.
(b) Sing.
(c) Paint.
(d) Milk cows in the dairy.

3. What does Opal tell Zorrie she thinks she might be too in Part IV?
(a) A ghost girl.
(b) An ill person.
(c) A lost cause.
(d) A friend.

4. What does Hank tell everyone about the fire?
(a) Hank himself started it accidentally.
(b) It was an accident.
(c) It is a crime.
(d) It was intentional.

5. What kind of music does Zorrie say she wants to buy?
(a) Religious.
(b) Modern music.
(c) Classical.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virgil's death make Zorrie think of as she walks home from the Summers house?

2. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?

3. What kind of pie does Zorrie make for Noah the first time she brings him dinner in Part IV?

4. What does Noah do after Virgil dies?

5. Where is one of the fire trucks from in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What horrifies all the women who used to work at the radium factory in Part III?

2. In Part III, why does Zorrie feel new grief over her miscarriage many years earlier?

3. What does Marie tell Zorrie that Janie had thought of Zorrie at the end of Janie's life?

4. What does Hank tell Zorrie about Opal and Noah in Part IV that shocks her?

5. In Part IV, what does Zorrie realize about Noah's feelings about Zorrie's visit to Opal?

6. Who tries to woo Zorrie in Part III and how does it end up?

7. What does Zorrie start doing with the Summers family that helps with her loneliness?

8. What happens between Oats and Virgil in Part III?

9. How does Noah react to his father Virgil's death?

10. Why does Zorrie consider classes for Oats?

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