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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hagar tell Mrs. Steiner about the death of her son John?
(a) He was killed in the war.
(b) He died in a car accident, he was wreckless.
(c) He drank himself to death.
(d) He died in a car accident, it wasn't his fault.

3. What does Bram tell Hagar when she says she is leaving and taking John?
(a) To take some hard-boiled eggs with her.
(b) That he wasn't surprised.
(c) To not let the door hit her on the way out.
(d) That he loves her dearly.

4. When John is seven, what do the kids in town call his father?
(a) "Bramble Shitley."
(b) Mr. Shipley.
(c) Sir Bramptom Shipley.
(d) Sloppy Shipley.

5. Why did John continue to lose jobs?
(a) Some jobs were laying off people, others were temporary.
(b) Companies were going out of business.
(c) He was lazy, like his father.
(d) He stole merchandise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stone angel remind Hagar of?

2. What is Bram Shipley's reputation?

3. Who does John tell Hagar his best friends are when they have moved to Mr. Oatley's home?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 8, who is the man who enters the room where Hagar sits?

5. Where did Murray meet his wife, Lou?

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