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

2. How long has Mrs. Dobereiner been at the hospital?
(a) One year.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

3. 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?
(a) His daughters, Jess and Gladys.
(b) His first fat wife, Clara.
(c) Marvin.
(d) Doris.

4. What does Hagar,while pretending to sleep, overhear Elva say to the ladies in the public ward of the hospital?
(a) Bless her heart.
(b) I am going to pray for her tonight.
(c) Hagar sure is cranky.
(d) Sleep will do her good.

5. Who did Hagar and Elva both know and exchange facts about?
(a) Henry Pearl's son.
(b) Charlie Bean.
(c) Aunt Doll.
(d) Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of diet did Hagar's doctor order for her?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 9 while at the cannery, before being taken to the hospital, who sympathizes with Hagar on the loss of her son, and in turn she sympathizes him on the loss of his son?

3. When Marvin and Doris come to visit Hagar at the hospital again, what does Doris offer to do?

4. What reduces all people in the Manawaka community to the same desperate level?

5. What does Hagar find when she is cleaning the attic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the irony, at the end of Chapter 6, of Bram being buried in the Currie plot, and having the Shipley name carved on the other side of the Currie stone.

2. Explain the irony of Hagar being moved to a semi-private hospital room.

3. How is John's character forming in Chapter 6?

4. Why does Hagar try to be helpful to her roommate?

5. In Chapter 7, Hagar's fear of the dark is admitted. Why do you think she has never told anyone she was afraid of the dark?

6. John's death effected Hagar deeply. However, she was not able to show the emotion until she drinks wine with Mr. Lee. Why do you think that was?

7. Describe how Hagar feels physically and mentally in the beginning of Chapter 7.

8. What turns out to be Hagar's biggest character flaws?

9. What do you see creating distance and hardness between Hagar and her sons, as well as everyone else?

10. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Hagar is concerned about intruders coming into the house where she is at the cannery. She thinks that Bram would have taken care of anyone, if he had been there. What do you think this says about how she felt about Bram as a protector?

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