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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 is Hagar afraid of, and never admits to anyone?
(a) She is afraid of birds.
(b) She is afraid of potato peelings.
(c) She is afraid of the dark.
(d) She is afraid of real horses.

2. What do Hagar and Sandra, her roommate in the hospital, have in common?
(a) They both like horses.
(b) They both like Dr. Tappen.
(c) Both of their husbands were farmers.
(d) Both of their fathers were storeowners.

3. What does Hagar tell Mr. Oatley about why she needed a few more weeks in Manawaka?
(a) Her son died.
(b) She really liked it there.
(c) Her brother died.
(d) The farm needed tending to.

4. At the end of Chapter 7, Hagar is in the woods, stops her daydreaming, and she realizes she doesn't have the strength to make it back to the groundskeepers house. Where does she go instead?
(a) The bus station.
(b) She takes a boat out to sea.
(c) The cannery.
(d) Marvin and Doris' house.

5. What do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?
(a) Cigarettes, wine, and stories of their life.
(b) Fresh water, wine, and chocolates.
(c) Pan-fried gull.
(d) Chocolates, cheese, and crackers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?

2. What wakes Hagar up at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

4. Why does Hagar return to Manawaka and the Shipley farm?

5. Who does Hagar deliver the box labeled "Clara Shipley" to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the hospital, how is Hagar's soft food diet ironic?

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

4. 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?

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

6. In Chapter 7, do you think John respects his mother?

7. In Hagar complaining that Arlene is always at the house, and then wishing she had not said it afterward, what does this say about Hagar?

8. Having never said a kind word about Bram, why do you think Hagar tells Elva her husband had been very handsome?

9. In Chapter 7, Hagar sees that Arlene is making the same mistakes she did. How is this true?

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

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