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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Hagar's brother's died in Chapter 1 and from what?
(a) Matt, pneumonia.
(b) Dan, pneumonia.
(c) Dan, scarlet fever.
(d) Matt, broken heart.

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

3. What does Marvin mean when he comments of being pulled between "two fires?"
(a) His mother and father disagree on everything.
(b) Hagar wants to go to the nursing home, but Doris doesn't want her to go.
(c) He has two fire places in the house and can't decide which one to sit at.
(d) Doris wants Hagar to go to the nursing home, but Hagar doesn't want to go.

4. What did Hagar's father donate to the new church when she was a young girl?
(a) Stained glass windows.
(b) A chair.
(c) Silver candlesticks.
(d) A stone angel.

5. What kind of pictures hung on the walls at the Shipley house before Hagar moved in?
(a) Pictures of horses.
(b) Pictures of little brown jugs.
(c) Pictures of wild flowers.
(d) None.

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

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

8. What happened when Hagar would dance hard at parties?
(a) A conga line would start up.
(b) Beads of sweat would drip from her forehead.
(c) Boys would try to touch her hair when it fell down.
(d) She would get sick and have to stay in bed for days.

9. What was the name of the horse Bram bought in Chapter 3?
(a) Telford.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) Charlie Bean.

10. Who does John tell Hagar his best friends are when they have moved to Mr. Oatley's home?
(a) A store owner's son and Lazarus.
(b) A doctor's son and a funeal parlor owner's son.
(c) Jason Currie and Telford.
(d) Marvin and Lazarus.

11. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point, what does Hagar forget to buy at the service station for provisions?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Water.
(c) Protein bars.
(d) Crackers.

12. At her visit to Silverthreads, Hagar is seated on the veranda for a cup of tea. What does she think the tea tastes like?
(a) Hemlock.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Wild flowers in spring.

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

14. What is the stone angel?
(a) Small figurine Hagar keeps in her pocket.
(b) A cemetery monument that used to stand over the Hagar's mother's grave.
(c) The Currie family moto.
(d) Yard statue standing in Hagar's front yard.

15. How does Hagar tell John that he can pull himself up? It is the same thing her father told her.
(a) By getting a real job.
(b) Lying and cheating your partners.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) With hard work and determination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stone angel supposed to do?

2. What did Hagar see when she lifted the sultana barrel lid at her father's store?

3. At the fish cannery, Hagar seeks shelter in the small watchman's house. She comments it does not have any paint, a fact that would annoy Marvin. Why would that annoy Marvin?

4. How does Hagar refer to the house when her, Marvin, and Doris leave Silverthreads?

5. What age is John when Hagar gives him the plaid-pin of the Curries?

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