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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man Hagar thinks she recognizes at the small summer house?
(a) Charlie Bean.
(b) His name wasn't mentioned and he isn't who she thought he was.
(c) John.
(d) Soldier.

2. How much time past before Jason Currie visited his first grandson?
(a) Two days.
(b) He never did.
(c) Five years.
(d) One week.

3. What two virtues does Hagar cite to John?
(a) Drinking and smoking.
(b) Hard work and self-motivation.
(c) Kindness and modesty.
(d) Patience and honesty.

4. How is the Shipley house described?
(a) Sparkling, vibrant, and beautiful.
(b) Old, unclean, and common.
(c) Usual, filthy, and infested.
(d) Gray, dirty, and smelly.

5. When was it mentioned that Bram would usually work?
(a) Never, he was lazy.
(b) During harvest and threshing.
(c) All day every day.
(d) When he needed drinking money.

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

7. How does Hagar tell John that he can pull himself up? It is the same thing her father told her.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) With hard work and determination.
(c) Lying and cheating your partners.
(d) By getting a real job.

8. What kind of house did the Currie's own?
(a) Small house with indoor plumbing.
(b) Large house, two floors and a basement.
(c) Small house without plumbing or electricity.
(d) Large house, the second brick house in the town.

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

10. How does Hagar feel, physically, as she climbs the steps to the small night watchman's house at the cannery?
(a) Her feet are tired from walking.
(b) She is in pain.
(c) She has a slight headache.
(d) She is fit as a fiddle.

11. What is the name of the lady that visits with Hagar at Silverthreads nursing home?
(a) Mrs. Franco.
(b) Mavis Shipley.
(c) Mrs. Steiner.
(d) Elva Currie.

12. 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) Dirt.
(c) Hemlock.
(d) Wild flowers in spring.

13. What does Bram tell Hagar when she says she is leaving and taking John?
(a) That he wasn't surprised.
(b) To not let the door hit her on the way out.
(c) To take some hard-boiled eggs with her.
(d) That he loves her dearly.

14. At the end of Chapter 4, what does Marvin tell Hagar about the nursing home?
(a) She is going today.
(b) If she stops smoking she doesn't have to go.
(c) She never has to go, if she doesn't want to.
(d) In one week she is going.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hagar see when she lifted the sultana barrel lid at her father's store?

2. With Marvin off to the war, who goes with Hagar to deliver eggs?

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

4. Who does John's manhood remind Hagar of?

5. What does Hagar think about the amenities of the small night watchman's house at the cannery?

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