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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 Hank ask Zorrie to do in Part IV?

2. Who does Zorrie tell Opal helps run her farm now?

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

4. What does Oats take to doing that Zorrie knows is a big problem?

5. Who had Janie most wanted near her side at the end of her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part IV, who does Hank ask to keep an eye on Noah, and why does he ask this?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens between Oats and Virgil in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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