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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hagar tell John that he can pull himself up? It is the same thing her father told her.
(a) By getting a real job.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Lying and cheating your partners.
(d) With hard work and determination.

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

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

4. After possibly embarrassing Doris at Dr. Corby's office by talking to loud, what does Hagar promise to do?
(a) Speak softly from now on.
(b) Speak softly, but carry a big stick.
(c) Not open her mouth again.
(d) Only speak when spoken to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hagar allowed to take from her father's house after he died?

2. Why does Hagar rarely visit her first son, Marvin, who lives nearby?

3. What comment does Mrs. Steiner make causing Hagar to wonder how she knows so much about her?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, what does Marvin tell Hagar about the nursing home?

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

(see the answer key)

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