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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hagar deliver the box labeled "Clara Shipley" to?
(a) Bram's daughter, Gladys.
(b) Aunt Doll.
(c) Bram's daughter, Jess.
(d) Marvin.

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

3. After John's death, Hagar packs up and moves back to be Mr. Oatley's housekeeper. He dies a year later. How much money does he leave her?
(a) None.
(b) 700,000,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $10,000.

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

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

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

7. What was Telford and Lottie's plan for Arlene, to get her away from John?
(a) To go East and live with her Aunt Doll.
(b) To go to the convent.
(c) To go East and raise horses.
(d) To go East and earn money for a year.

8. Why didn't John want to apply for a scholarship or loan to go to college?
(a) He said he didn't want to leave Arlene.
(b) He didn't know why he should since is mother made so much money with her stocks.
(c) He said he was too old and didn't have the brains.
(d) He said he didn't have the brains.

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

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

11. What do Hagar and Sandra, her roommate in the hospital, have in common?
(a) Both of their husbands were farmers.
(b) They both like horses.
(c) They both like Dr. Tappen.
(d) Both of their fathers were storeowners.

12. 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.

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

14. Hagar realizes that Marvin cares deeply about Doris. What comment does Hagar make about that?
(a) He is just confused.
(b) She does not understand the feeling.
(c) She doesn't understand why because Doris is greedy.
(d) Marvin should get his head examined.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hagar say Stephen looks like?

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

3. What does Hagar notice about the little girl and boy playing house?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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