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

2. What does Hagar feel like she is waiting for now in her dying days at the hospital?
(a) For the movie and popcorn she requested earlier.
(b) Her cup of tea.
(c) Marvin to bring her more roses.
(d) "For someone to call her name just beyond the door where the light shines."

3. After John's death, Hagar packs up and moves back to be Mr. Oatley's housekeeper. He dies a year later. How much money does he leave her?
(a) 700,000,000.
(b) None.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

4. How does Hagar try to comfort Sandra, her roommate in the hospital, about her upcoming surgery to remove her appendix?
(a) Tells her to get up and leave the hospital, she'll be fine.
(b) Tells her the doctor is a pro at taking an appendix out.
(c) Tells her there is nothing to worry about.
(d) Tells her "chin up little camper."

5. Why does Arlene Simmons bring John home one night?
(a) He is too lazy to drive himself home.
(b) His car broke down.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He broke his leg delivering eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. When a sea gull enters her room, what old Proverb does Hagar remember?

4. What happened to Hagar's money that she invested in the stock market?

5. When Hagar wakes up, at the beginning of Chapter 9, who does she see?

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. How would you describe Mr. Murray Lees in Chapter 8?

3. What is Hagar's view toward religion in Chapter 8?

4. Make comparisons between John and his own liquor made from potato peelings.

5. How does Hagar view the nursing home?

6. In Chapter 9, why do you think Hagar apologize to the nurse?

7. What is Hagar waiting for in Chapter 10, and in what other ways has she waited in the book?

8. 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?

9. Hagar's need to do things herself and not accept help is consistent throughout. How is it depicted at the end of Chapter 10?

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

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