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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. How does Hagar feel about her world in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) It is larger than life.
(b) It is even smaller, after being moved to the semi-private room.
(c) It is smaller than a matchbox.
(d) Everything is coming up roses.

2. Sandra, Hagar's roommate in the hospital, is angry with Hagar when she is wheeled back in after surgery to remove her appendix. Why is Sandra angry with Hagar?
(a) For using bad language.
(b) For stealing the sheets off her bed.
(c) For talking in her sleep.
(d) For telling her the surgery wouldn't hurt.

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

4. How does Elva suggest that Hagar relieve the pain in her chest?
(a) Pray and sing.
(b) Ask the doctor for a night shot.
(c) Valuim.
(d) Meditation and yoga.

5. When Marvin visits Hagar the next day, what does she tell him that moves him emotionally?
(a) His is crabby.
(b) That he was a better son than John.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She loves Doris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hagar fear about the nursing home?

2. Hagar complains about Dr. Tappen, who is he?

3. Where is Bram burried?

4. Why is Hagar peeved with Marvin when he tells her she can now be moved to a private room?

5. What is Hagar afraid of, and never admits to anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hagar try to be helpful to her roommate?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Hagar is concerned about intruders coming into the house where she is at the cannery. She thinks that Bram would have taken care of anyone, if he had been there. What do you think this says about how she felt about Bram as a protector?

3. In Chapter 9, while at the hospital, Hagar finally starts to notice that she is different from other people, in what way?

4. What do you think putting on pink lipstick does to the stone angel?

5. What do Mr. Murray Lees and Hagar have in common?

6. How does Hagar view the nursing home?

7. What turns out to be Hagar's biggest character flaws?

8. What is Hagar's view toward religion in Chapter 8?

9. Having never said a kind word about Bram, why do you think Hagar tells Elva her husband had been very handsome?

10. Hagar finds something in common with Elva, a recognition. How was this foreshadowed at her first visit to the nursing home?

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