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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevents Noah from visiting Opal?
(a) Opal's own family.
(b) The police.
(c) Noah's own children.
(d) Virgil.

2. What great news does Zorrie and Harold share with Harold's parents in Part II?
(a) They are moving to a new country.
(b) They are starting a new business.
(c) They are buying another farm.
(d) They are having a baby.

3. Where does Harold's plane go down?
(a) Near North Africa.
(b) Near Holland.
(c) Near Spain.
(d) Near Russia.

4. What does Zorrie dream of shortly after Harold's service?
(a) Her aunt criticizing her sewing work.
(b) Harold struggling in the water.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Having a baby.

5. What material does Zorrie use in her factory job?
(a) Lead.
(b) String.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Radium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake has Zorrie longed to see in Part II?

2. What does Zorrie's favorite teacher give her to eat when she happens upon his house looking for work?

3. Who is one of Zorrie's friends at the factory?

4. What has Zorrie's teacher saved for her that he offers her?

5. Where does Zorrie end up settling for a few months and working in a factory in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zorrie meet Harold?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Zorrie do soon after Gus and Bessie die?

8. What does Zorrie dream about right after Harold's funeral service?

9. What tragedy does Zorrie learn about in Noah's life in Part II?

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

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