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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Hagar's money that she invested in the stock market?
(a) She took it out and bought her limoge china back from Lottie Telford.
(b) She lost it in the stock market crash.
(c) She doubled what she put in.
(d) She forgot about it.

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

3. In the beginning of Chapter 8, who is the man who enters the room where Hagar sits?
(a) Murray Ferney Lees.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Telford Simmons.
(d) Marvin.

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Asia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Hong Kong.

9. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?
(a) Shells of dead June bugs.
(b) Fishing rope.
(c) Sea shells.
(d) Some sand because it sparkles.

10. Why did John continue to lose jobs?
(a) He was lazy, like his father.
(b) He stole merchandise.
(c) Companies were going out of business.
(d) Some jobs were laying off people, others were temporary.

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

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

13. Who calls Hagar by name, causing her to remember it had been a very long time since anyone called her by name?
(a) Dr. Tappen.
(b) The nurse on duty.
(c) Dr. Corby.
(d) Elva.

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

15. Hagar asks Lottie about the incident with the chicks that happened when they were children. What is Lottie's response?
(a) She does not remember the incident.
(b) She says that Hagar has lost all her marbles and should be committed.
(c) She says that Hagar killed the chicks not her.
(d) She remembers and is glad she did it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mrs. Dobereiner been at the hospital?

2. Where did Murray meet his wife, Lou?

3. Hagar tells Marvin she will go straight to Silverthreads, but where does she have to go first instead and why?

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

5. Why does Hagar think the two men she loved died?

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