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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zorrie sometimes sleep in the beginning of her work a the factory?

2. Who raised Zorrie after her parents' death?

3. What does Zorrie wear for her wedding?

4. Where does Zorrie fall asleep more than once after Gus and Bessie pass away?

5. Who starts spending more and more time with Virgil to watch over him in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What feeling does Zorrie have that alarms herself at the summer picnic in Part I?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Noah share with Zorrie that is very personal in Part II?

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

9. How does Zorrie meet Harold?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Zorrie's friendships with Janie and Marie impact her life as a young woman, and her later years? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What elements of the pastoral novel does Hunt borrow in Zorrie? How does Zorrie ultimately depart from the genre of the pastoral? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Zorrie cope, at different times in her life throughout the novel, with the plague of loneliness? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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