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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must the nurse do to Hagar for her own safety, after she was found wandering the halls?
(a) Strap her to a chair.
(b) Sedate her.
(c) Put her in a straight-jacket.
(d) Send her to the naughty corner.

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

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

4. What causes Hagar to become nauseous and then fall in the woods?
(a) The chocolate was bad.
(b) Her bowels haven't moved.
(c) The smell of the fish.
(d) The cheese was bad.

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

6. Why is Hagar peeved with Marvin when he tells her she can now be moved to a private room?
(a) She doesn't want to be alone.
(b) Nothing makes Hagar happy.
(c) She likes her surroundings.
(d) She thinks she will get bored.

7. Hagar asks about Doris and Marvin comments that she has had one of her "spells." What is wrong with Doris?
(a) She is a raging alcoholic.
(b) Her heart isn't good.
(c) She is going through menopause.
(d) She has vertigo.

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

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 cannery.
(b) She takes a boat out to sea.
(c) The bus station.
(d) Marvin and Doris' house.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Hagar wakes up to her first morning at the fish cannery, she thinks it would be nice to be home, but would never admit this to Doris. Why?
(a) She is too proud.
(b) She is afraid Doris would tease her about it.
(c) If she did, it would be like admitting Doris was right, that Hagar could not take care of herself.
(d) She never shows a weakness.

11. At age 90, Hagar recalls only two things she has done truly free. What are they?
(a) Knitting socks for orphans and baking bread for the needy.
(b) Selling eggs and her mother's limoge china.
(c) Having two sons, Marvin and John.
(d) Retrieving the bedpan for her roommate and telling Marvin he was a better son than John.

12. 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 didn't have any tissue.
(c) She really didn't care that much for John.
(d) She had held back the tears too long and couldn't cry.

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

14. What did Arlene have to do in order to bring John home?
(a) Stand up to her parents.
(b) Find the car keys.
(c) Figure out how to shift gears.
(d) Learn how to drive.

15. What does Hagar find when she is cleaning the attic?
(a) A box labeled "Clara Shipley."
(b) John's old school papers.
(c) A dead mouse.
(d) Skeletons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Hagar deliver the box labeled "Clara Shipley" to?

3. In the end, Hagar cannot give up her old ways. What is her response when Doris offers her a glass of water?

4. What was Murray's son's name, and how did he die?

5. Who is the patient that befriends Hagar in the hospital?

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