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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What did Hagar's father donate to the new church when she was a young girl?
(a) Silver candlesticks.
(b) Stained glass windows.
(c) A chair.
(d) A stone angel.

5. What kept impinging on the cemetery plots?
(a) Bermuda grass.
(b) Bees and grasshoppers.
(c) Cats.
(d) Wild and native flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Bram Shipley than Hagar?

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

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

4. What kind of house did the Currie's own?

5. What does Hagar want to do when she returns from boarding school?

(see the answer key)

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