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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hagar rarely visit her first son, Marvin, who lives nearby?
(a) He doesn't want his mother to visit.
(b) His wife, Doris, is obnoxious.
(c) She doesn't feel welcomed.
(d) She feels uncomfortable around him.

2. What did Hagar fill the glass and silver wine decanter with?
(a) Chokecherry wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Moonshine.

3. What kind of pictures hung on the walls at the Shipley house before Hagar moved in?
(a) Pictures of little brown jugs.
(b) Pictures of horses.
(c) Pictures of wild flowers.
(d) None.

4. When was it mentioned that Bram would usually work?
(a) All day every day.
(b) When he needed drinking money.
(c) During harvest and threshing.
(d) Never, he was lazy.

5. On the bus ride home from Dr. Corby's office Hagar cries when a young lady offers her seat to her. What is Hagar still unable to cry for?
(a) The little chicks Lottie killed.
(b) The price of wheat.
(c) Her "dead men."
(d) Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John tell his mother he is distilling his own liquor?

2. How did Bram Shipley spend his and Hagar's money?

3. Who was Hagar's father?

4. What is Bram Shipley's reputation?

5. How much money did Hagar get from her father?

(see the answer key)

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