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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Shipley house described?
(a) Sparkling, vibrant, and beautiful.
(b) Usual, filthy, and infested.
(c) Gray, dirty, and smelly.
(d) Old, unclean, and common.

2. How does Hagar comment on Bram Shipley's dancing?
(a) He scoots his boots nicely.
(b) He has two left feet.
(c) He is light on his feet.
(d) He dances like a prince.

3. When the bus drops Hagar at the roadside at Shadow Point, what does she take pride in?
(a) How much money she has now that she cashed her pension check.
(b) Knowing she got this far on her own.
(c) That she has quit smoking.
(d) He strong arch-support shoes and best hat.

4. What was Hagar's occupation at Mr. Oatley's house?
(a) Lady of leisure.
(b) Headmaster of his Oriental wives.
(c) Mistress.
(d) Housekeeper.

5. How does Hagar get to the hospital to deliver her second son, John?
(a) She drives herself.
(b) Marvin drives her to the hospital.
(c) Bram drives her down the Main Street of town.
(d) She delivers him at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. After getting married, what was Hagar waiting for at the Shipley place?

2. What does Hagar tell Mrs. Steiner about the death of her son John?

3. What was Hagar allowed to take from her father's house after he died?

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?

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

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