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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 Hagar,while pretending to sleep, overhear Elva say to the ladies in the public ward of the hospital?

2. What causes Hagar to become nauseous and then fall in the woods?

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

4. What calms Hagar as she is in the woods?

5. Hagar asks about Doris and Marvin comments that she has had one of her "spells." What is wrong with Doris?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In the hospital what is the ultimate humiliation for Hagar, that causes her to have to give up total control? Does she accept this gracefully?

5. Compare Hagar and Doris. Has their relationship changed during this book?

6. How does Hagar view the nursing home?

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

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

9. What do you think putting on pink lipstick does to the stone angel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hagar notes that she is different from other people. Describe how she does not understand the relationship between:

Part 1) Marvin and Doris.

Part 2) Tom and Elva.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Doris and Hagar are very different characters. Compare and contrast:

Part 1) how they dress.

Part 2) how they act toward each other.

Part 3) their different purposes in the novel.

How does their relationship end?

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