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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 Lester do with some of the profits from the great harvest?

2. What happens to Marie in Part IV?

3. What does Hank tell everyone about the fire?

4. What does Hank ask Zorrie to do in Part IV?

5. What does Marie tell Zorrie about her memories of Zorrie in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one splurge that Zorrie makes on herself after her trip to Ottawa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Zorrie bring Opal when she goes to see her, and how does Opal react?

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 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

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 3

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.

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