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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hagar feel like she is waiting for now in her dying days at the hospital?
(a) Her cup of tea.
(b) "For someone to call her name just beyond the door where the light shines."
(c) Marvin to bring her more roses.
(d) For the movie and popcorn she requested earlier.

2. After Bram dies, how did Hagar soothe herself during this time in Manawaka?
(a) Completely cleaning the Shipley house, even the attic.
(b) Walking in the cemetery.
(c) Visiting friends.
(d) Drinking John's potato liquor.

3. In the cannery, what is Hagar using for a table and chairs?
(a) A fine handcrafted mahogony stained oak table with twelve matching chairs.
(b) Old crates.
(c) An old folding table and a crate for a chair.
(d) An old folding table and she sits in a boat.

4. Hagar tells Marvin she will go straight to Silverthreads, but where does she have to go first instead and why?
(a) Home, because she isn't going to Silverthreads.
(b) Her new home in Shadow Point that he just bought her.
(c) Hospital, something showed up on her x-rays.
(d) Home, to pack her things.

5. Sandra, Hagar's roommate in the hospital, is angry with Hagar when she is wheeled back in after surgery to remove her appendix. Why is Sandra angry with Hagar?
(a) For using bad language.
(b) For stealing the sheets off her bed.
(c) For talking in her sleep.
(d) For telling her the surgery wouldn't hurt.

6. How does Elva suggest that Hagar relieve the pain in her chest?
(a) Ask the doctor for a night shot.
(b) Valuim.
(c) Pray and sing.
(d) Meditation and yoga.

7. When will Elva get to go home from the hospital?
(a) After she puts on 100 pounds.
(b) Never.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) After two more surgeries.

8. What is Hagar afraid of, and never admits to anyone?
(a) She is afraid of the dark.
(b) She is afraid of potato peelings.
(c) She is afraid of real horses.
(d) She is afraid of birds.

9. At the end of Chapter 7, Hagar is in the woods, stops her daydreaming, and she realizes she doesn't have the strength to make it back to the groundskeepers house. Where does she go instead?
(a) The bus station.
(b) Marvin and Doris' house.
(c) She takes a boat out to sea.
(d) The cannery.

10. Hagar's new roommate is Sandra Wong, in the semi-private room of the hospital, is an Asian girl. Where does Hagar think she descended from?
(a) One of Mr. Oatley's illegally imported women.
(b) Germany.
(c) Asia.
(d) Hong Kong.

11. Hagar returns to Manawaka when Bram becomes very sick. Upon seeing Hagar for the first time in years, Bram doesn't recognize Hagar at first. Later, who does he tell her she reminds him of?
(a) Doris.
(b) His daughters, Jess and Gladys.
(c) Marvin.
(d) His first fat wife, Clara.

12. When Marvin is leaving Hagar, a nurse comments that Hagar's heart keeps on going. In response, what comment does Marvin make to the nurse about his mother?
(a) She loves the Lord.
(b) She is my little June bug.
(c) She takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
(d) She is a "holy terror."

13. What wakes Hagar up at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) A train.
(c) A gull.
(d) Rain.

14. Who did Hagar and Elva both know and exchange facts about?
(a) Henry Pearl's son.
(b) Aunt Doll.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Charlie Bean.

15. How does John tell his mother he is distilling his own liquor?
(a) From potato peelings.
(b) From corn growing on the farm.
(c) From sweaty socks.
(d) From grapes growing on the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hagar form and alliance with in hopes of keeping John and Arlene from marrying?

2. What was Telford and Lottie's plan for Arlene, to get her away from John?

3. What happens when Hagar offers some food to the children?

4. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?

5. In the privacy of her own bedroom, why didn't Hagar cry for her dead son?

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