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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Hagar,while pretending to sleep, overhear Elva say to the ladies in the public ward of the hospital?
(a) I am going to pray for her tonight.
(b) Sleep will do her good.
(c) Hagar sure is cranky.
(d) Bless her heart.
2. What do Hagar and Murray Lees share during their time together?
(a) Chocolates, cheese, and crackers.
(b) Pan-fried gull.
(c) Cigarettes, wine, and stories of their life.
(d) Fresh water, wine, and chocolates.
3. When John dies, a nurse urges Hagar to cry. She doesn't, why?
(a) She didn't have any tissue.
(b) She really didn't care that much for John.
(c) She was already all cried out from losing Bram.
(d) She would never allow herself to cry in front of strangers.
4. Why didn't John want to apply for a scholarship or loan to go to college?
(a) He didn't know why he should since is mother made so much money with her stocks.
(b) He said he didn't want to leave Arlene.
(c) He said he didn't have the brains.
(d) He said he was too old and didn't have the brains.
5. After Bram dies, how did Hagar soothe herself during this time in Manawaka?
(a) Walking in the cemetery.
(b) Drinking John's potato liquor.
(c) Completely cleaning the Shipley house, even the attic.
(d) Visiting friends.
6. Why does Hagar think the two men she loved died?
(a) Broken hearts.
(b) Partly due to her restraint.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Drinking too much.
7. What happened to Hagar's money that she invested in the stock market?
(a) She doubled what she put in.
(b) She forgot about it.
(c) She lost it in the stock market crash.
(d) She took it out and bought her limoge china back from Lottie Telford.
8. What was Murray's son's name, and how did he die?
(a) Donnie, drinking.
(b) Donnie, smoke inhalation.
(c) Henry, smoke inhalation.
(d) Charlie, hypothermia.
9. What is Hagar afraid of, and never admits to anyone?
(a) She is afraid of real horses.
(b) She is afraid of birds.
(c) She is afraid of the dark.
(d) She is afraid of potato peelings.
10. At the beginning of Chapter 7, Hagar wakes up to her first morning at the fish cannery, she thinks it would be nice to be home, but would never admit this to Doris. Why?
(a) She never shows a weakness.
(b) If she did, it would be like admitting Doris was right, that Hagar could not take care of herself.
(c) She is afraid Doris would tease her about it.
(d) She is too proud.
11. When Marvin visits Hagar the next day, what does she tell him that moves him emotionally?
(a) That he was a better son than John.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She loves Doris.
(d) His is crabby.
12. What caused the death of John and Arlene?
(a) Drinking John's potato liquor.
(b) A plague of locusts.
(c) Broken hearts, when Arlene left for the East.
(d) A freight train hit them head on while they were driving across the trestle bridge.
13. Who does Hagar say Stephen looks like?
(a) His grandfather, a Shipley.
(b) Her, a Currie.
(c) Telford Simmons.
(d) His father.
14. 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?
(a) The cannery.
(b) The bus station.
(c) Marvin and Doris' house.
(d) She takes a boat out to sea.
15. Hagar's new roommate is Sandra Wong, in the semi-private room of the hospital, is an Asian girl. Where does Hagar think she descended from?
(a) Germany.
(b) One of Mr. Oatley's illegally imported women.
(c) Asia.
(d) Hong Kong.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Marvin is leaving Hagar, a nurse comments that Hagar's heart keeps on going. In response, what comment does Marvin make to the nurse about his mother?
2. 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?
3. What does Hagar tell Mr. Oatley about why she needed a few more weeks in Manawaka?
4. Where did Elva attend church, and how far was it from Manawaka?
5. What does Hagar fear about the nursing home?
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