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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Marvin and Lazarus.
(c) Jason Currie and Telford.
(d) A doctor's son and a funeal parlor owner's son.

2. How does Hagar refer to the house when her, Marvin, and Doris leave Silverthreads?
(a) As Marvin and Doris' house.
(b) As her, Marvin, and Doris' house equally.
(c) As her house and no one elses.
(d) As John's house.

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

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

5. What is Bram Shipley's reputation?
(a) He is smart and thrifty.
(b) He is religious and faithful.
(c) He is a scoundrel and not to be trusted.
(d) He is common and lazy.

6. Who is Doris' minister?
(a) Mr. Troy
(b) Ms. Dreiser
(c) Mr. Currie
(d) Mr. Telford

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

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

9. What was Hagar allowed to take from her father's house after he died?
(a) All of the china and silver.
(b) Curtains and rugs.
(c) Oaken armchair and rugs.
(d) Curtains.

10. How did Hagar feel about John at his birth?
(a) Distant.
(b) Strange and uncertain.
(c) She felt an instant connection.
(d) Full of pride and joy.

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

12. What is the stone angel supposed to do?
(a) Keep everyone safe.
(b) Pray to heaven.
(c) Sing a hymn.
(d) Guide the townspeople to heaven.

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

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

15. What did Hagar see when she lifted the sultana barrel lid at her father's store?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hagar fill the glass and silver wine decanter with?

2. What did the young people do in the Manawaka winters?

3. What are Hagar's two hobbies?

4. What two virtues does Hagar cite to John?

5. How does Hagar comment on Bram Shipley's dancing?

(see the answer keys)

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