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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Arlene have to do in order to bring John home?
(a) Stand up to her parents.
(b) Find the car keys.
(c) Learn how to drive.
(d) Figure out how to shift gears.

2. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?
(a) Fishing rope.
(b) Sea shells.
(c) Some sand because it sparkles.
(d) Shells of dead June bugs.

3. When Marvin is leaving Hagar, a nurse comments that Hagar's heart keeps on going. In response, what comment does Marvin make to the nurse about his mother?
(a) She is my little June bug.
(b) She is a "holy terror."
(c) She takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
(d) She loves the Lord.

4. When Hagar wakes up, at the beginning of Chapter 9, who does she see?
(a) Dr. Corby.
(b) Charlie Bean.
(c) Marvin and Doris with Mr. Murray Lees.
(d) Bram and John.

5. Why does Arlene Simmons bring John home one night?
(a) He broke his leg delivering eggs.
(b) His car broke down.
(c) He is too lazy to drive himself home.
(d) He is drunk.

6. Who did Hagar and Elva both know and exchange facts about?
(a) Henry Pearl's son.
(b) Charlie Bean.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Aunt Doll.

7. In the cannery, what is Hagar using for a table and chairs?
(a) An old folding table and a crate for a chair.
(b) Old crates.
(c) A fine handcrafted mahogony stained oak table with twelve matching chairs.
(d) An old folding table and she sits in a boat.

8. At age 90, Hagar recalls only two things she has done truly free. What are they?
(a) Knitting socks for orphans and baking bread for the needy.
(b) Having two sons, Marvin and John.
(c) Selling eggs and her mother's limoge china.
(d) Retrieving the bedpan for her roommate and telling Marvin he was a better son than John.

9. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Henry Pearl.
(c) Jason Currie.
(d) Soldier.

10. Why did John continue to lose jobs?
(a) He stole merchandise.
(b) He was lazy, like his father.
(c) Companies were going out of business.
(d) Some jobs were laying off people, others were temporary.

11. Even though Marvin hated smoking, what does he give Hagar?
(a) Cinnamon chewing gum.
(b) A pack of Camels.
(c) A large and beautiful glass ashtray.
(d) A small purse ashtray.

12. Hagar complains about Dr. Tappen, who is he?
(a) Her current doctor.
(b) Her childhood dog.
(c) Her childhood doctor.
(d) Elva's doctor.

13. What happens when Hagar offers some food to the children?
(a) They eat the cheese and chocolate.
(b) They eat everything she has left.
(c) They politely say no thank you.
(d) They run home.

14. After John's death, Hagar packs up and moves back to be Mr. Oatley's housekeeper. He dies a year later. How much money does he leave her?
(a) None.
(b) $10,000.
(c) 700,000,000.
(d) $5,000.

15. Hagar's roommate needs a bedpan, but her nurse doesn't come. What does Hagar do?
(a) Pretends like she is sleeping.
(b) Tells her to hold it.
(c) Gets the bedpan for her.
(d) Starts yelling for the nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Elva attend church, and how far was it from Manawaka?

2. After Mr. Troy leaves the hospital after visiting Hagar, who comes to visit Hagar?

3. When Marvin visits Hagar the next day, what does she tell him that moves him emotionally?

4. What is John's plan for Arlene, so she doesn't leave?

5. What reduces all people in the Manawaka community to the same desperate level?

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