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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After possibly embarrassing Doris at Dr. Corby's office by talking to loud, what does Hagar promise to do?
(a) Speak softly, but carry a big stick.
(b) Not open her mouth again.
(c) Only speak when spoken to.
(d) Speak softly from now on.

3. 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 price of wheat.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Her "dead men."
(d) The little chicks Lottie killed.

4. What is the name of the children's verse that implies if Hagar had the wings of an angel or a crow, she could fly up high and spit on the people below?
(a) Fly Like a Crow.
(b) If I had Wings.
(c) The Prisoner's Song.
(d) Fly Like an Angel

5. Which of Hagar's sons does she say is like her father, Jason Currie?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Matt.
(c) Charlie.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hagar say good-bye to her brother, Matt, when she leaves for boarding school?

2. Which of Hagar's brother's died in Chapter 1 and from what?

3. At her visit to Silverthreads, Hagar is seated on the veranda for a cup of tea. What does she think the tea tastes like?

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

5. What does the stone angel remind Hagar of?

(see the answer key)

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