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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. What does Mr. Thomas give Zorrie to do for a bit of work in Part I?

2. What does Zorrie finds out has happened to Mr. Thomas when she visits him after her factory work in Part I?

3. What does Opal write to Noah about?

4. What is Zorrie known for throughout her county?

5. What is Zorrie's husband's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what does Zorrie do when a man she hitches a ride with puts his hand on her leg?

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

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

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

5. In Part I, what does Zorrie notice as a difference in the way she feels while working?

6. Why does Zorrie leave her first job in Part I, even though she makes friends there?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Laird communicate Zorrie's deep feelings about Indiana, her homeland, to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Zorrie decide to travel abroad for the first time in her life at the end of the novel, and what does she discover in Amsterdam? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Mr. Thomas's kindness and care mean to Zorrie at a time, in Part I of the novel, when she is essentially homeless and very vulnerable? How does Laird communicate the meaning of Mr. Thomas's actions towards Zorrie to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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