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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two virtues does Hagar cite to John?
(a) Kindness and modesty.
(b) Patience and honesty.
(c) Hard work and self-motivation.
(d) Drinking and smoking.

2. What does Marvin mean when he comments of being pulled between "two fires?"
(a) His mother and father disagree on everything.
(b) He has two fire places in the house and can't decide which one to sit at.
(c) Hagar wants to go to the nursing home, but Doris doesn't want her to go.
(d) Doris wants Hagar to go to the nursing home, but Hagar doesn't want to go.

3. What wakes Hagar up at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) A gull.
(b) A train.
(c) Rain.
(d) Footsteps.

4. How does John tell his mother he is distilling his own liquor?
(a) From corn growing on the farm.
(b) From sweaty socks.
(c) From grapes growing on the farm.
(d) From potato peelings.

5. How does Hagar comment on Bram Shipley's dancing?
(a) He has two left feet.
(b) He dances like a prince.
(c) He scoots his boots nicely.
(d) He is light on his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bram tell Hagar when she says she is leaving and taking John?

2. What caused Hagar to never attend church again?

3. What does Hagar think about the amenities of the small night watchman's house at the cannery?

4. What has been John's therapy for his dying father?

5. How did Hagar feel about horses?

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