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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's plan for Arlene, so she doesn't leave?
(a) To go with her.
(b) To get her pregnant.
(c) To win the lottery.
(d) To elope.

2. At her visit to Silverthreads, Hagar is seated on the veranda for a cup of tea. What does she think the tea tastes like?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Wild flowers in spring.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Hemlock.

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

4. After John's death, Hagar packs up and moves back to be Mr. Oatley's housekeeper. He dies a year later. How much money does he leave her?
(a) 700,000,000.
(b) None.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

5. What kind of pictures hung on the walls at the Shipley house before Hagar moved in?
(a) Pictures of little brown jugs.
(b) Pictures of wild flowers.
(c) None.
(d) Pictures of horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the train ride out of town, what does John confess happened to the plaid-pin of the Curries?

2. In the cannery, what is Hagar using for a table and chairs?

3. Where does Hagar deliver her first son, Marvin?

4. On the way to the hospital to deliver Marvin, Doris is scared, but doesn't admit it. What is she scared of?

5. How does Hagar feel, physically, as she climbs the steps to the small night watchman's house at the cannery?

(see the answer key)

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