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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stone angel remind Hagar of?

2. Who was Hagar's father?

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

4. What happened when Hagar would dance hard at parties?

5. How did Jason Currie discipline his sons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the nursing home, Hagar thinks she sees someone she knows. Why is this significant?

3. How is the symbolic use of wings portrayed in Chapter 3?

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

5. 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?

6. At the end of Chapter 4, why do you think Marvin decides Hagar will go to the nursing home in one week?

7. Why is Hagar frightened when Marvin and Doris tell her they want to sell the house?

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

9. Describe some differences Hagar sees in Marvin and John.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

They say hindsight is 20/20. As an old woman Hagar looks back and sees how her life could have turned out differently if she had acted differently. Name a way her life could have been different:

Part 1) as a girl.

Part 2) as a married woman.

Part 3) as a mother.

Part 4) as an old lady.

Essay Topic 2

How is the name Hagar significant? How does Hagar feel about her name? Who are the two people in the novel who call Hagar by her name and why is it worth noting?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel we see Hagar throw herself into work, for example after marriage and at Mr. Oately's. Why do you think she does this?

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