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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With Marvin off to the war, who goes with Hagar to deliver eggs?
(a) John.
(b) Bram.
(c) Jason Currie.
(d) Aunt Doll.

2. What does Bram tell Hagar when she says she is leaving and taking John?
(a) To not let the door hit her on the way out.
(b) That he wasn't surprised.
(c) That he loves her dearly.
(d) To take some hard-boiled eggs with her.

3. What caused Hagar to never attend church again?
(a) Her father telling her she wasn't welcome anymore.
(b) Bram's loud comment, "Won't the saintly bastard ever shut his trap?"
(c) The preacher's shoes didn't match his robes.
(d) Bram's loud comment, "Preach on! Preach on sinner!"

4. When the bus drops Hagar at the roadside at Shadow Point, what does she take pride in?
(a) He strong arch-support shoes and best hat.
(b) How much money she has now that she cashed her pension check.
(c) That she has quit smoking.
(d) Knowing she got this far on her own.

5. What does the stone angel remind Hagar of?
(a) A poem by Keates.
(b) A favorite hymn.
(c) Long walks she used to take through the cemetery.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hagar tell John that he can pull himself up? It is the same thing her father told her.

2. Which of Hagar's sons does she say is like her father, Jason Currie?

3. What two virtues does Hagar cite to John?

4. How does Hagar respond when Mrs. Steiner says she hope to see Hagar again?

5. What does Hagar's father value?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, it is mentioned how Hagar takes action to affect her life, one time in the present and one in her past. What were those two instances?

2. Hagar's father's comments, as well as Lottie Dreiser's about Bramptom Shipley, only seem to fuel Hagar's idea to be with him. Why do you think that is?

3. Do you think Hagar's feelings about going to the nursing home are similar to other elderly people? Why or why not?

4. How is Hagar's emotional restraint again depicted in Chapter 4?

5. What is the role reversal that takes place between Hagar and Lottie Drieser?

6. Compare the birth of Marvin the the birth of John, and Hagar's feeling with both.

7. In Chapter 1, how does Hagar see herself?

8. Why do you think Hagar tells her employer, Mr. Oatley, her husband died?

9. When Hagar is looking back on her life, in Chapter 3, do you think she has any regrets?

10. Hagar is very attached to her things in the house. Describe a few of them.

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