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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. What does Hank tell Zorrie about Noah and Opal that shocks her?
(a) They are not married.
(b) They had children once.
(c) Opal was married before Noah.
(d) Noah was married before Opal.

2. What is Zorrie struck by when she meets Opal?
(a) Opal's beautiful clothes.
(b) Opal's missing teeth.
(c) Opal's startling blue eyes.
(d) Opal's gray hair.

3. Why does Noah tell Zorrie Virgil kept going to church, even though he did not think much of it in his later years?
(a) To please Zorrie.
(b) To please Ruby.
(c) To please Opal.
(d) To please Noah.

4. What does Zorrie try to get the smoke taste out of her mouth?
(a) Listerine.
(b) Juice.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Water.

5. What does Noah tell Zorrie at Lester's Christmas party in Part IV?
(a) Noah is sick.
(b) Oats is sick.
(c) Opal is sick.
(d) Ruby is sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Opal cryptically tell Zorrie is "behind her face" in Part IV?

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

4. Who tells Zorrie about a nearby blueberry farm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one reason that Zorrie realizes she might not have been interested in her suitor in Part III?

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

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

4. What does Zorrie start doing with the Summers family that helps with her loneliness?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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