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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hagar respond when Mrs. Steiner says she hope to see Hagar again?
(a) She says she won't come back to the horrible place.
(b) She says she can't wait and hopes they become best of friends.
(c) She denies she'll every come back.
(d) She smiles politely and nods her head.

2. While seated on the veranda at Silverthreads Nursing Home, whose birth does Hagar remember?
(a) Her granddaughter Tina's birth.
(b) Daniel's birth.
(c) Her son John's birth.
(d) Her son Marvin's birth.

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

4. How much older is Bram Shipley than Hagar?
(a) He is really younger than her.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 50 years.

5. What does Hagar's picture of Bram look like.
(a) The top of the picutre has faded away, as has her memory of Bram.
(b) He is dirty and unshaven.
(c) She doesn't have a picutre of Bram.
(d) He is wearing a sailor suit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bram Shipley's reputation?

3. What does Hagar's father value?

4. What did the young people do in the Manawaka winters?

5. What kept impinging on the cemetery plots?

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