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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hagar wakes up, at the beginning of Chapter 9, who does she see?
(a) Dr. Corby.
(b) Charlie Bean.
(c) Marvin and Doris with Mr. Murray Lees.
(d) Bram and John.

2. What reduces all people in the Manawaka community to the same desperate level?
(a) A polio outbreak.
(b) The new king.
(c) The stock market crash.
(d) There is a drought.

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

4. Upon her arrival at Jess' house, with the box labeled "Clara Shipley", who does Hagar find talking to Jess?
(a) John, asking about their father.
(b) Arlene Simmons.
(c) Christina.
(d) Marvin.

5. Murray Lees says the watchman's dogs would have got him, if what hadn't been outside?
(a) A big stick.
(b) A gun.
(c) A wounded gull.
(d) A bear.

6. In the privacy of her own bedroom, why didn't Hagar cry for her dead son?
(a) She was already all cried out from losing Bram.
(b) She had held back the tears too long and couldn't cry.
(c) She really didn't care that much for John.
(d) She didn't have any tissue.

7. 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 is my little June bug.
(b) She is a "holy terror."
(c) She loves the Lord.
(d) She takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

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

9. What caused the death of John and Arlene?
(a) A freight train hit them head on while they were driving across the trestle bridge.
(b) Drinking John's potato liquor.
(c) A plague of locusts.
(d) Broken hearts, when Arlene left for the East.

10. What happened when Hagar didn't have enough money to send John to college?
(a) He started drinking and running around with fast women.
(b) Mr. Oatley got him a job in an office.
(c) He applied for a loan.
(d) He worked part-time and put himself through college.

11. What was Murray's son's name, and how did he die?
(a) Henry, smoke inhalation.
(b) Donnie, drinking.
(c) Charlie, hypothermia.
(d) Donnie, smoke inhalation.

12. 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 stealing the sheets off her bed.
(b) For talking in her sleep.
(c) For using bad language.
(d) For telling her the surgery wouldn't hurt.

13. The night after Bram's funeral, who was the one who cried?
(a) John.
(b) Hagar.
(c) Charlie Bean.
(d) Marvin.

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

15. Even though Marvin hated smoking, what does he give Hagar?
(a) A large and beautiful glass ashtray.
(b) A pack of Camels.
(c) A small purse ashtray.
(d) Cinnamon chewing gum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hagar try to comfort Sandra, her roommate in the hospital, about her upcoming surgery to remove her appendix?

2. As Mr. Troy sings, what does Hagar recognize?

3. When Hagar and John go to town to sell eggs, who does she see flirting with John?

4. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?

5. Where did Murray meet his wife, Lou?

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