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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 did Harold once say when Zorrie spilled something on their table in their early years of marriage?
2. What does Hank ask Zorrie to do in Part IV?
3. Who does Hank insinuate that he thinks Zorrie might have feelings for?
4. What does Marie's revelation about the Radium make Zorrie think about her own past?
5. What does Hank tell everyone about the fire?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens between Oats and Virgil in Part III?
2. What does Zorrie start doing for Noah regularly in Part IV?
3. Who does Zorrie go to visit for the first time, and why?
4. In Part IV, what does Zorrie realize about Noah's feelings about Zorrie's visit to Opal?
5. What horrifies all the women who used to work at the radium factory in Part III?
6. Who tries to woo Zorrie in Part III and how does it end up?
7. How does Noah react to his father Virgil's death?
8. What does Zorrie bring Opal when she goes to see her, and how does Opal react?
9. What does Ruby get for Zorrie to try to help with Zorrie's loneliness?
10. What does Zorrie eventually realize is Noah's reason for setting the fire 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
What does Hunt reveal about Zorrie's community in Indiana with hers and Harold's experience of miscarriage? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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