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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John tell Hagar his best friends are when they have moved to Mr. Oatley's home?
(a) Marvin and Lazarus.
(b) A doctor's son and a funeal parlor owner's son.
(c) Jason Currie and Telford.
(d) A store owner's son and Lazarus.

2. What caused the death of John and Arlene?
(a) A freight train hit them head on while they were driving across the trestle bridge.
(b) Broken hearts, when Arlene left for the East.
(c) Drinking John's potato liquor.
(d) A plague of locusts.

3. How does Hagar feel, physically, as she climbs the steps to the small night watchman's house at the cannery?
(a) She is in pain.
(b) Her feet are tired from walking.
(c) She is fit as a fiddle.
(d) She has a slight headache.

4. While seated on the veranda at Silverthreads Nursing Home, whose birth does Hagar remember?
(a) Her son Marvin's birth.
(b) Her son John's birth.
(c) Daniel's birth.
(d) Her granddaughter Tina's birth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Hagar thinks she recognizes at the small summer house?

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

3. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?

4. Since Marvin manages her money, what money does Hagar plan to use to get to Shadow Point, ?

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

(see the answer key)

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