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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 do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?

2. What do Hagar and Sandra, her roommate in the hospital, have in common?

3. After losing jobs, and not having money to go to college, what does John decided to do?

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

5. How long has Mrs. Dobereiner been at the hospital?

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 does Hagar view the nursing home?

3. Why does Hagar try to be helpful to her roommate?

4. In Chapter 9, while at the hospital, Hagar finally starts to notice that she is different from other people, in what way?

5. 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?

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

7. What turns out to be Hagar's biggest character flaws?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hagar's speaks sharply to her sons and is not able to comfort or praise them. Was Hagar comforted or praised as a child by anyone? How did her father comfort or praise her? How did this effect the way she dealt with her sons?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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