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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bram burried?
(a) In the Currie plot.
(b) He wasn't, he was cremated.
(c) In the Shipley plot.
(d) On the Shipley farm.

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

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

4. Why does Hagar return to Manawaka and the Shipley farm?
(a) There is a drought.
(b) Bram is really sick, and dying.
(c) John broke his leg.
(d) Bram is dead.

5. Hagar's roommate needs a bedpan, but her nurse doesn't come. What does Hagar do?
(a) Pretends like she is sleeping.
(b) Starts yelling for the nurse.
(c) Gets the bedpan for her.
(d) Tells her to hold it.

6. Why does Hagar rarely visit her first son, Marvin, who lives nearby?
(a) She doesn't feel welcomed.
(b) His wife, Doris, is obnoxious.
(c) He doesn't want his mother to visit.
(d) She feels uncomfortable around him.

7. When Hagar returns to present time, she is startled by two things she is doing, what are they?
(a) Crying and speaking German.
(b) Eating uncontrollably and telling her story out loud.
(c) Crying and telling her story out loud.
(d) Smoking and drinking.

8. When Murray realized Hagar is ill, what does he do?
(a) Leaves and doesn't come back.
(b) Urges her to sleep.
(c) Takes her to a doctor.
(d) Performs surgery in the cannery.

9. What has Hagar thrown joy aside for?
(a) Money, fame, and fortune.
(b) Fear, restraint, and honesty.
(c) Pride, humility, and grace.
(d) Proper appearances, pride, and fear.

10. What happens when Hagar offers some food to the children?
(a) They eat the cheese and chocolate.
(b) They run home.
(c) They politely say no thank you.
(d) They eat everything she has left.

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

12. Why does Arlene Simmons bring John home one night?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is too lazy to drive himself home.
(c) He broke his leg delivering eggs.
(d) His car broke down.

13. What kind of diet did Hagar's doctor order for her?
(a) Soft food.
(b) No fat.
(c) No diet, she can eat anything she wants.
(d) Low acid.

14. 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 talking in her sleep.
(c) For stealing the sheets off her bed.
(d) For telling her the surgery wouldn't hurt.

15. Who is the patient that befriends Hagar in the hospital?
(a) Elva Jardine.
(b) Mrs. Dobereiner.
(c) Mrs. Soldier.
(d) Mrs. Reily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?

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

3. 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?

4. The night after Bram's funeral, who was the one who cried?

5. What does Hagar fear about the nursing home?

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