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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 takes pleasure in the view of the sea and thinks moving is a great adventure.
(b) She is happy to have a roof over her head.
(c) She thought it would do for now, but plans to get a better place.
(d) She is upset about the mildewed mattress.

2. What did the young people do in the Manawaka winters?
(a) Go to Florida.
(b) Skate on the frozen river.
(c) Make snowcones.
(d) Build snowmen.

3. Why does Arlene Simmons bring John home one night?
(a) His car broke down.
(b) He is too lazy to drive himself home.
(c) He broke his leg delivering eggs.
(d) He is drunk.

4. What does Hagar tell Mr. Oatley about why she needed a few more weeks in Manawaka?
(a) She really liked it there.
(b) Her brother died.
(c) The farm needed tending to.
(d) Her son died.

5. On the train ride out of town, what does John confess happened to the plaid-pin of the Curries?
(a) He gave it to Marvin.
(b) He dropped it in the well.
(c) He lost it.
(d) He traded it to Lazarus Tonnerre for a jackknife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hagar tell Mrs. Steiner about the death of her son John?

2. While seated on the veranda at Silverthreads Nursing Home, whose birth does Hagar remember?

3. How is the Shipley house described?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, Hagar is in the woods, stops her daydreaming, and she realizes she doesn't have the strength to make it back to the groundskeepers house. Where does she go instead?

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

(see the answer key)

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