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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Hagar think the two men she loved died?
(a) Broken hearts.
(b) Partly due to her restraint.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Hard work.

4. In the cannery, what is Hagar using for a table and chairs?
(a) An old folding table and she sits in a boat.
(b) Old crates.
(c) An old folding table and a crate for a chair.
(d) A fine handcrafted mahogony stained oak table with twelve matching chairs.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What has been John's therapy for his dying father?
(a) Hydrocodone.
(b) Stretching and good nutrition.
(c) Letting him drink the liquor he distilled.
(d) Biting on a bullet.

12. When Marvin visits Hagar the next day, what does she tell him that moves him emotionally?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She loves Doris.
(c) His is crabby.
(d) That he was a better son than John.

13. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Jason Currie.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Henry Pearl.

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

15. Hagar complains about Dr. Tappen, who is he?
(a) Elva's doctor.
(b) Her childhood doctor.
(c) Her current doctor.
(d) Her childhood dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Hagar rarely visit her first son, Marvin, who lives nearby?

3. 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?

4. What does Hagar fear about the nursing home?

5. Upon her arrival at Jess' house, with the box labeled "Clara Shipley", who does Hagar find talking to Jess?

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