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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While seated on the veranda at Silverthreads Nursing Home, whose birth does Hagar remember?
(a) Her granddaughter Tina's birth.
(b) Daniel's birth.
(c) Her son John's birth.
(d) Her son Marvin's birth.

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

3. Who did Jason Currie remarry after Hagar's mother died?
(a) Arlene Dreiser.
(b) Aunt Doll.
(c) He didn't remarry.
(d) Lottie Dreiser.

4. What did the young people do in the Manawaka winters?
(a) Make snowcones.
(b) Skate on the frozen river.
(c) Go to Florida.
(d) Build snowmen.

5. In Chapter 4, why is Hagar at the doctor's office?
(a) For stomach x-rays.
(b) For a cancer screening.
(c) For a lollipop.
(d) For back pain.

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

7. How does Hagar feel about going to Silverthreads Nursing Home?
(a) She is excited to go and be with people her own age.
(b) She doesn't want to go.
(c) She thinks the idea is premature.
(d) She wants to take time to think about it.

8. Since Marvin manages her money, what money does Hagar plan to use to get to Shadow Point, ?
(a) She plans to use her pension check.
(b) She plans to sell more limoge china.
(c) She plans to get a job.
(d) She plans to take money from Doris' purse.

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

10. What kind of wedding did Hagar and Bram Shipley have?
(a) A small outdoor wedding at the Currie house.
(b) A big fancy gathering at the Currie house.
(c) There was nothing elaborate about her wedding.
(d) A big church wedding.

11. What did Bram do after the harvest was over?
(a) Take Hagar out for a romantic diner at Silverthreads.
(b) Work at the Currie store.
(c) Sell liquor to the Indians.
(d) Hunting and/or drinking with Charlie Bean.

12. What does Hagar's father value?
(a) Money.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Church.
(d) Math.

13. What is the name of the man Hagar thinks she recognizes at the small summer house?
(a) Soldier.
(b) His name wasn't mentioned and he isn't who she thought he was.
(c) Charlie Bean.
(d) John.

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

15. What comment does Mrs. Steiner make causing Hagar to wonder how she knows so much about her?
(a) "Do you get used to life?"
(b) "I know who you are and what you've done."
(c) "I am a psychic"
(d) "Well if it isn't Hagar Shipley, I haven't seen you in ages."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hagar tell her employer, Mr. Oatley, about her husband?

2. How does Hagar respond when Mrs. Steiner says she hope to see Hagar again?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 5, how does Doris try to sooth Hagar?

4. How much older is Bram Shipley than Hagar?

5. What does Hagar think about the amenities of the small night watchman's house at the cannery?

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