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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. How does Hagar comment on Bram Shipley's dancing?

2. How does Hagar respond when Mrs. Steiner says she hope to see Hagar again?

3. Of what heritage are the Curries?

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

5. What did the young people do in the Manawaka winters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hagar is obviously unwilling to give in to death. How is that seen in Chapter 3?

2. How is Hagar's emotional restraint again depicted in Chapter 4?

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

4. How does Hagar see John's character flaws? How does this compare her to the stone angel?

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

6. Do you think Hagar's life would have been different if she had not practiced emotional restraint?

7. Hagar is very attached to her things in the house. Describe a few of them.

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

9. Describe how Hagar is dressed when, in Chapter 5, she sets out for Shadow Point. What do you think this says about her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The stone angel in the cemetery is very symbolic throughout the novel.

Part 1) Describe the stone angel's significance in the cemetery?

Part 2) It has been carved without eyeballs, why is that important?

Part 3) How is Hagar like the stone angel at the beginning of the novel and at the end?

Essay Topic 2

It is said that pride is Hagar's downfall. Site several examples. Was she prideful in her dress, speech, and/or attitude? How did she treat the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

What do the wild flowers in the cemetery reflect in Hagar? In what ways are the alike? Please provide specific examples from the book.

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