2. What does Hagar sell to Lottie Telford for cash?
(a) Her mother's opal earrings, silver candelabra, and Limoge china.
(b) Her silver and glass decanter.
(c) Her mother's big chair.
(d) Lots of eggs.

3. How is the Shipley house described?
(a) Old, unclean, and common.
(b) Gray, dirty, and smelly.
(c) Sparkling, vibrant, and beautiful.
(d) Usual, filthy, and infested.

4. What reduces all people in the Manawaka community to the same desperate level?
(a) There is a drought.
(b) The stock market crash.
(c) A polio outbreak.
(d) The new king.

5. What does Hagar find out when she calls Mrs. Conner, the doctor's wife, to introduce herself?
(a) The Conner's son is adopted.
(b) The Conners are getting a divorce and moving away.
(c) The Conners don't have a son.
(d) The Conners have a daughter, who looks like a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it is clear that Bram is dying, Marvin comes to visit him. Hagar overhears Marvin tell Bram something that she wishes she could also say to Bram. What is it?

2. What causes Hagar to cry on the bus ride home from Dr. Corby's office?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 5, how does Doris try to sooth Hagar?

4. How does Hagar feel about going to Silverthreads Nursing Home?

5. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point and she purchases provisions at the service station, how does Hagar get to the fish cannery road?

(see the answer key)

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