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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hagar think about the amenities of the small night watchman's house at the cannery?
(a) She is upset about the mildewed mattress.
(b) She thought it would do for now, but plans to get a better place.
(c) She takes pleasure in the view of the sea and thinks moving is a great adventure.
(d) She is happy to have a roof over her head.

2. What comment does Mrs. Steiner make causing Hagar to wonder how she knows so much about her?
(a) "I am a psychic"
(b) "Do you get used to life?"
(c) "Well if it isn't Hagar Shipley, I haven't seen you in ages."
(d) "I know who you are and what you've done."

3. When John dies, a nurse urges Hagar to cry. She doesn't, why?
(a) She would never allow herself to cry in front of strangers.
(b) She was already all cried out from losing Bram.
(c) She really didn't care that much for John.
(d) She didn't have any tissue.

4. What causes Hagar to cry on the bus ride home from Dr. Corby's office?
(a) She gets chewing gum stuck on her new shoes.
(b) The bus hits a bird.
(c) A young woman offered Hagar her seat.
(d) She sits on a pin.

5. On the way to the hospital to deliver Marvin, Doris is scared, but doesn't admit it. What is she scared of?
(a) Potholes in the street.
(b) That she could die.
(c) The dark.
(d) Needles.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point and she purchases provisions at the service station, how does Hagar get to the fish cannery road?

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

3. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?

4. What do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?

5. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?

(see the answer key)

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