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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the results of Hagar's stomach x-rays?
(a) She has stomach cancer.
(b) She has an ulcer.
(c) She has a cast iron stomach.
(d) No one tells Hagar the x-ray report.

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

4. Who does John's manhood remind Hagar of?
(a) Bram.
(b) Charlie Bean.
(c) Jason Currie.
(d) Daniel.

5. What does Hagar's picture of Bram look like.
(a) The top of the picutre has faded away, as has her memory of Bram.
(b) He is wearing a sailor suit.
(c) She doesn't have a picutre of Bram.
(d) He is dirty and unshaven.

6. 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) Potholes in the street.
(c) That she could die.
(d) Needles.

7. What caused Hagar to never attend church again?
(a) The preacher's shoes didn't match his robes.
(b) Her father telling her she wasn't welcome anymore.
(c) Bram's loud comment, "Won't the saintly bastard ever shut his trap?"
(d) Bram's loud comment, "Preach on! Preach on sinner!"

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

9. 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) Small figurine Hagar keeps in her pocket.
(d) Yard statue standing in Hagar's front yard.

10. With Marvin off to the war, who goes with Hagar to deliver eggs?
(a) Bram.
(b) John.
(c) Aunt Doll.
(d) Jason Currie.

11. How does Hagar know her father is pleased with her?
(a) When he gives her money.
(b) When he claps for her.
(c) When he calls her daughter.
(d) When he smiles at her.

12. What does Hagar find out when she calls Mrs. Conner, the doctor's wife, to introduce herself?
(a) The Conner's son is adopted.
(b) The Conners have a daughter, who looks like a boy.
(c) The Conners are getting a divorce and moving away.
(d) The Conners don't have a son.

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

14. 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?
(a) He is a paint salesman.
(b) He loves the smell of paint fumes.
(c) He is a painter.
(d) Unpainted homes drive him crazy.

15. What does Hagar do as she sits on the bed in the little building at Shadow Point?
(a) Watches the darkness come.
(b) Knits and sings hymns.
(c) Eats chocolate and cheese.
(d) Prays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of wedding did Hagar and Bram Shipley have?

2. 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?

3. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point and she purchases provisions at the service station, how does Hagar get to the fish cannery road?

4. Of what heritage are the Curries?

5. What improvements did Bram make on the Shipley place?

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