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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. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?
2. What do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?
3. When it is clear that Bram is dying, Marvin comes to visit him. Hagar overhears Marvin tell Bram something that she wishes she could also say to Bram. What is it?
4. Who does Hagar deliver the box labeled "Clara Shipley" to?
5. How does Elva suggest that Hagar relieve the pain in her chest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think putting on pink lipstick does to the stone angel?
2. How would you describe Mr. Murray Lees in Chapter 8?
3. Hagar finds something in common with Elva, a recognition. How was this foreshadowed at her first visit to the nursing home?
4. In Chapter 9, while at the hospital, Hagar finally starts to notice that she is different from other people, in what way?
5. What is Hagar waiting for in Chapter 10, and in what other ways has she waited in the book?
6. 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?
7. Compare Hagar and Doris. Has their relationship changed during this book?
8. Why do you think Hagar does not allow herself to cry in front of strangers?
9. In Chapter 9, why do you think Hagar apologize to the nurse?
10. Make comparisons between John and his own liquor made from potato peelings.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare John Shipley to his father Bram.
Part 1) In what ways are they alike in the beginning?
Parts2) How are they more alike toward the end of the novel?
Part 3) When do you think Hagar notices their similarities?
Essay Topic 2
Hagar's emotional restraint is seen throughout the novel. Name two instances where she exhibits emotional restraint and how she could have done things differently and what the outcome could have been.
Essay Topic 3
Marvin Shipley was caught between "two fires" meaning his mother who needed, but did not want to go to the nursing home and his wife Doris (Hagar's caregiver) who wanted Hagar to go to the nursing home and could no longer keep up with the workload because of her health. What would you have done if you were Marvin? Would you have changed your mind at any point in the novel?
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