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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't John want to apply for a scholarship or loan to go to college?
(a) He said he didn't have the brains.
(b) He said he was too old and didn't have the brains.
(c) He said he didn't want to leave Arlene.
(d) He didn't know why he should since is mother made so much money with her stocks.

2. How does Hagar respond when Mrs. Steiner says she hope to see Hagar again?
(a) She smiles politely and nods her head.
(b) She says she can't wait and hopes they become best of friends.
(c) She says she won't come back to the horrible place.
(d) She denies she'll every come back.

3. What has been John's therapy for his dying father?
(a) Stretching and good nutrition.
(b) Biting on a bullet.
(c) Letting him drink the liquor he distilled.
(d) Hydrocodone.

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

5. What happened to Hagar's money that she invested in the stock market?
(a) She forgot about it.
(b) She lost it in the stock market crash.
(c) She took it out and bought her limoge china back from Lottie Telford.
(d) She doubled what she put in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hagar wants to ask Marvin about his war experiences, too soothe him by listening, but doesn't. Why not?

2. What does Hagar think about her son Marvin and his wife Doris?

3. What wakes Hagar up at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What did Hagar tell her employer, Mr. Oatley, about her husband?

5. How much older is Bram Shipley than Hagar?

(see the answer key)

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