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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marvin and Doris do when they want to go out to the movies?
(a) They arrange for a sitter for Hagar.
(b) They tell Hagar to be good and leave.
(c) They take Hagar with them.
(d) They tie Hagar to the bed.

2. What are Hagar's two hobbies?
(a) Baking bread and knitting.
(b) Playing cards and drinking.
(c) Drawing and singing.
(d) Remembering past time, "carping," and smoking cigarettes.

3. What was Hagar allowed to take from her father's house after he died?
(a) Curtains and rugs.
(b) All of the china and silver.
(c) Oaken armchair and rugs.
(d) Curtains.

4. Who was Hagar's father?
(a) Matt Currie, a financial advisor.
(b) Jason Currie, a Scottish merchant who ran the town's store.
(c) Jason Shipley, a farmer.
(d) Jason Currie, an Irish merchant who ran the town's store.

5. How does Hagar say good-bye to her brother, Matt, when she leaves for boarding school?
(a) With a handshake and a wave from the train.
(b) With a warm hug and bitter tears.
(c) With a very cold good-bye, however she does cry after boarding the train.
(d) With her nose in the air and a brush of her shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hagar comment on Bram Shipley's dancing?

3. How much older is Bram Shipley than Hagar?

4. What is Bram Shipley's reputation?

5. Why do Marvin and Doris want to send Hagar to Silverthreads?

(see the answer key)

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