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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 kind of house did the Currie's own?
(a) Large house, two floors and a basement.
(b) Small house without plumbing or electricity.
(c) Large house, the second brick house in the town.
(d) Small house with indoor plumbing.

2. How does Hagar feel about going to Silverthreads Nursing Home?
(a) She is excited to go and be with people her own age.
(b) She thinks the idea is premature.
(c) She doesn't want to go.
(d) She wants to take time to think about it.

3. What does Hagar sell to Lottie Telford for cash?
(a) Her mother's big chair.
(b) Her mother's opal earrings, silver candelabra, and Limoge china.
(c) Lots of eggs.
(d) Her silver and glass decanter.

4. What does Hagar find out when she calls Mrs. Conner, the doctor's wife, to introduce herself?
(a) The Conner's son is adopted.
(b) The Conners don't have a son.
(c) The Conners are getting a divorce and moving away.
(d) The Conners have a daughter, who looks like a boy.

5. With Marvin off to the war, who goes with Hagar to deliver eggs?
(a) Jason Currie.
(b) Bram.
(c) Aunt Doll.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. At her visit to Silverthreads, Hagar is seated on the veranda for a cup of tea. What does she think the tea tastes like?

2. What do Marvin and Doris do when they want to go out to the movies?

3. What did Hagar's father donate to the new church when she was a young girl?

4. Which of Hagar's brother's died in Chapter 1 and from what?

5. Who does John's manhood remind Hagar of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hagar's name significant?

2. Toward the end of Chapter 4, needs cash in order to leave Brampton Shipley. How does Hagar get the cash and in doing so give up her pride?

3. Why is Hagar frightened when Marvin and Doris tell her they want to sell the house?

4. In Chapter 5, it is mentioned how Hagar takes action to affect her life, one time in the present and one in her past. What were those two instances?

5. What does Hagar's action to go to Shadow Point say about her willingness to accept her current physical state?

6. Do you think Hagar's life would have been different if she had not practiced emotional restraint?

7. Describe some differences Hagar sees in Marvin and John.

8. Hagar is very attached to her things in the house. Describe a few of them.

9. What are John's character traits in Chapter 5? Do you think they affect his future?

10. How is Hagar's emotional restraint again depicted in Chapter 4?

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