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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Hagar's brothers?
(a) Matt and Dan.
(b) Matt and Marvin.
(c) Marvin and Dan.
(d) John and Telford.

2. On the way to the hospital to deliver Marvin, Doris is scared, but doesn't admit it. What is she scared of?
(a) The dark.
(b) Needles.
(c) That she could die.
(d) Potholes in the street.

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

4. What improvements did Bram make on the Shipley place?
(a) Fixed the leaky roof.
(b) An indoor pump.
(c) Wired the entire place for electricity.
(d) None.

5. At the end of Chapter 4, what does Marvin tell Hagar about the nursing home?
(a) She never has to go, if she doesn't want to.
(b) In one week she is going.
(c) If she stops smoking she doesn't have to go.
(d) She is going today.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marvin mean when he comments of being pulled between "two fires?"

2. 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?

3. What does the stone angel remind Hagar of?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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