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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. At the end of Chapter 4, what does Marvin tell Hagar about the nursing home?
(a) In one week she is going.
(b) If she stops smoking she doesn't have to go.
(c) She never has to go, if she doesn't want to.
(d) She is going today.

2. At her visit to Silverthreads, Hagar is seated on the veranda for a cup of tea. What does she think the tea tastes like?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Hemlock.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Wild flowers in spring.

3. What did Hagar's father donate to the new church when she was a young girl?
(a) Silver candlesticks.
(b) Stained glass windows.
(c) A chair.
(d) A stone angel.

4. What is the stone angel?
(a) Yard statue standing in Hagar's front yard.
(b) Small figurine Hagar keeps in her pocket.
(c) The Currie family moto.
(d) A cemetery monument that used to stand over the Hagar's mother's grave.

5. What comment does Mrs. Steiner make causing Hagar to wonder how she knows so much about her?
(a) "Well if it isn't Hagar Shipley, I haven't seen you in ages."
(b) "I know who you are and what you've done."
(c) "Do you get used to life?"
(d) "I am a psychic"

Short Answer Questions

1. What age is John when Hagar gives him the plaid-pin of the Curries?

2. Since Marvin manages her money, what money does Hagar plan to use to get to Shadow Point, ?

3. What does Marvin mean when he comments of being pulled between "two fires?"

4. Who does John tell Hagar she will be like, when she leaves Bram to go find work as a housekeeper?

5. What are the results of Hagar's stomach x-rays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter 4, needs cash in order to leave Brampton Shipley. How does Hagar get the cash and in doing so give up her pride?

2. Why is Hagar frustrated by her brother Matt's death?

3. What are John's character traits in Chapter 5? Do you think they affect his future?

4. How is Hagar's wild and headstrong nature depicted in Chapter 2?

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

6. Comment on the irony that the stone angel was "doubly blind."

7. In Chapter 2, Hagar's father reaches out his hand to her with heartfelt emotion. However, she rejects him both times. Why do you think that is?

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

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

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

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