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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Murray realized Hagar is ill, what does he do?
(a) Performs surgery in the cannery.
(b) Urges her to sleep.
(c) Takes her to a doctor.
(d) Leaves and doesn't come back.

2. What was Telford and Lottie's plan for Arlene, to get her away from John?
(a) To go East and live with her Aunt Doll.
(b) To go East and earn money for a year.
(c) To go to the convent.
(d) To go East and raise horses.

3. What caused Hagar to never attend church again?
(a) Bram's loud comment, "Preach on! Preach on sinner!"
(b) Bram's loud comment, "Won't the saintly bastard ever shut his trap?"
(c) Her father telling her she wasn't welcome anymore.
(d) The preacher's shoes didn't match his robes.

4. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point, what does Hagar forget to buy at the service station for provisions?
(a) Water.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Protein bars.

5. What does Hagar think about the amenities of the small night watchman's house at the cannery?
(a) She is upset about the mildewed mattress.
(b) She thought it would do for now, but plans to get a better place.
(c) She takes pleasure in the view of the sea and thinks moving is a great adventure.
(d) She is happy to have a roof over her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Murray meet his wife, Lou?

2. When the bus drops Hagar at the roadside at Shadow Point, what does she take pride in?

3. When John dies, a nurse urges Hagar to cry. She doesn't, why?

4. What does Hagar tell Mrs. Steiner about the death of her son John?

5. Murray Lees says the watchman's dogs would have got him, if what hadn't been outside?

(see the answer key)

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