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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 buy new for herself in Part III?

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

3. What happened to Zorrie's white oak trees in the late 1950s?

4. Why does Noah do what he does in Part IV that is so shocking to the community?

5. What happens to Marie in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, why does Zorrie travel to Ottawa?

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

3. What does Zorrie start doing for Noah regularly in Part IV?

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

5. Why does Zorrie consider classes for Oats?

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

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

8. What does Marie tell Zorrie that Janie had thought of Zorrie at the end of Janie's life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Laird demonstrate the effects of being raised by such a strict and joyless aunt on Zorrie in the early part of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hunt treat the topic of mortality - and Zorrie's attitudes towards it - at the end of the novel? 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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