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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hagar tell her employer, Mr. Oatley, about her husband?
(a) He died.
(b) She had never been married.
(c) He was over seas at war.
(d) He was lazy and common as dirt.

2. How does Hagar know her father is pleased with her?
(a) When he calls her daughter.
(b) When he smiles at her.
(c) When he claps for her.
(d) When he gives her money.

3. What improvements did Bram make on the Shipley place?
(a) Wired the entire place for electricity.
(b) None.
(c) Fixed the leaky roof.
(d) An indoor pump.

4. What caused Hagar to never attend church again?
(a) Bram's loud comment, "Preach on! Preach on sinner!"
(b) Her father telling her she wasn't welcome anymore.
(c) Bram's loud comment, "Won't the saintly bastard ever shut his trap?"
(d) The preacher's shoes didn't match his robes.

5. What did Hagar fill the glass and silver wine decanter with?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Chokecherry wine.
(d) Moonshine.

6. After the bus drops Hagar off in Shadow Point, what does Hagar forget to buy at the service station for provisions?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Protein bars.
(c) Water.
(d) Crackers.

7. What did Hagar see when she lifted the sultana barrel lid at her father's store?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Mice.

8. Who was Hagar's father?
(a) Matt Currie, a financial advisor.
(b) Jason Shipley, a farmer.
(c) Jason Currie, an Irish merchant who ran the town's store.
(d) Jason Currie, a Scottish merchant who ran the town's store.

9. What age is John when Hagar gives him the plaid-pin of the Curries?
(a) Eight.
(b) Forty.
(c) Six.
(d) Twenty.

10. Why do Marvin and Doris want to send Hagar to Silverthreads?
(a) Doris can't keep up with the workload from Hagar's bed wetting.
(b) Marvin and Doris both want some time to themselves.
(c) Doris can't stand Hagar and thinks she is mean.
(d) Marvin is afraid Hagar will burn the house down with her smoking.

11. Who does John tell Hagar his best friends are when they have moved to Mr. Oatley's home?
(a) A store owner's son and Lazarus.
(b) Marvin and Lazarus.
(c) A doctor's son and a funeal parlor owner's son.
(d) Jason Currie and Telford.

12. While seated on the veranda at Silverthreads Nursing Home, whose birth does Hagar remember?
(a) Her son John's birth.
(b) Daniel's birth.
(c) Her son Marvin's birth.
(d) Her granddaughter Tina's birth.

13. What was the name of the horse Bram bought in Chapter 3?
(a) Pineapple.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Telford.
(d) Charlie Bean.

14. What happened when Hagar would dance hard at parties?
(a) Beads of sweat would drip from her forehead.
(b) Boys would try to touch her hair when it fell down.
(c) She would get sick and have to stay in bed for days.
(d) A conga line would start up.

15. What is the stone angel?
(a) The Currie family moto.
(b) A cemetery monument that used to stand over the Hagar's mother's grave.
(c) Small figurine Hagar keeps in her pocket.
(d) Yard statue standing in Hagar's front yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Doris' minister?

2. After getting married, what was Hagar waiting for at the Shipley place?

3. Why did Bram receive a warning from a Mountie?

4. What does Hagar's picture of Bram look like.

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

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