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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 start doing regularly in Part IV?
(a) Singing.
(b) Taking dinner to Noah's and eating with him.
(c) Visiting Opal.
(d) Adopting dogs.

2. Who tells Zorrie about a nearby blueberry farm?
(a) Lester.
(b) Emily.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Noah.

3. What does Zorrie suddenly realize Noah thinks about her having visited Opal?
(a) He does not seem happy about it.
(b) He seems very pleased about it.
(c) He seems to have no opinion about it.
(d) He seems very angry about it.

4. What does Opal cryptically tell Zorrie is "behind her face" in Part IV?
(a) Fear.
(b) A smile.
(c) A cave all her own.
(d) Sadness.

5. Who does Oats take to spending all day with?
(a) Henry.
(b) Emily.
(c) Virgil.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zorrie have to slaughter her pigs?

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

3. Where does Zorrie travel with her blueberries and other gifts in Part III?

4. What does Zorrie's would-be suitor say when he eventually gives up trying to win her over?

5. Who is Lester's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ruby say to Zorrie about her visit to Opal in Part IV?

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

4. What does Zorrie eventually realize is Noah's reason for setting the fire in Part IV?

5. What does Noah give Zorrie after Virgil's death?

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

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

8. What is one reason that Zorrie realizes she might not have been interested in her suitor in Part III?

9. What does Noah do in Part IV that seems like an act of desperation?

10. Why does Zorrie consider classes for Oats?

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