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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 Zorrie bring as a larger gift to the person she visits for the first time in Part III?

2. What does Lester do with some of the profits from the great harvest?

3. What does Noah say when Zorrie asks him if he would consider going to church?

4. What does Zorrie buy new for herself in Part III?

5. What does Zorrie suddenly realize Noah thinks about her having visited Opal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zorrie do regularly that Ruby and Noah think helps Virgil?

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

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

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

5. Why does Zorrie consider classes for Oats?

6. In Part III, what does it break Zorrie's heart to be forced to do on her farm?

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

8. What does Ruby get for Zorrie to try to help with Zorrie's loneliness?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Laird treat the themes of hardship and struggle throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Laird use examples of Zorrie's work ethic to help develop her character in the novel's early stages? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do Zorrie's neighbors support and demonstrate care for her after she loses Harold in the war? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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