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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hagar afraid of, and never admits to anyone?
(a) She is afraid of the dark.
(b) She is afraid of birds.
(c) She is afraid of potato peelings.
(d) She is afraid of real horses.

2. When Murray realized Hagar is ill, what does he do?
(a) Leaves and doesn't come back.
(b) Performs surgery in the cannery.
(c) Takes her to a doctor.
(d) Urges her to sleep.

3. What did Arlene have to do in order to bring John home?
(a) Learn how to drive.
(b) Figure out how to shift gears.
(c) Find the car keys.
(d) Stand up to her parents.

4. Who does Hagar form and alliance with in hopes of keeping John and Arlene from marrying?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Lottie.
(c) Telford.
(d) Charlie Bean.

5. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?
(a) Sea shells.
(b) Shells of dead June bugs.
(c) Some sand because it sparkles.
(d) Fishing rope.

6. What does Hagar,while pretending to sleep, overhear Elva say to the ladies in the public ward of the hospital?
(a) Hagar sure is cranky.
(b) Bless her heart.
(c) Sleep will do her good.
(d) I am going to pray for her tonight.

7. Hagar realizes that Marvin cares deeply about Doris. What comment does Hagar make about that?
(a) She doesn't understand why because Doris is greedy.
(b) She does not understand the feeling.
(c) He is just confused.
(d) Marvin should get his head examined.

8. Why did John continue to lose jobs?
(a) Companies were going out of business.
(b) Some jobs were laying off people, others were temporary.
(c) He was lazy, like his father.
(d) He stole merchandise.

9. What must the nurse do to Hagar for her own safety, after she was found wandering the halls?
(a) Put her in a straight-jacket.
(b) Sedate her.
(c) Strap her to a chair.
(d) Send her to the naughty corner.

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

11. In the beginning of Chapter 8, who is the man who enters the room where Hagar sits?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Murray Ferney Lees.
(c) Telford Simmons.
(d) Soldier.

12. Hagar complains about Dr. Tappen, who is he?
(a) Elva's doctor.
(b) Her current doctor.
(c) Her childhood doctor.
(d) Her childhood dog.

13. 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?
(a) She is my little June bug.
(b) She loves the Lord.
(c) She takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
(d) She is a "holy terror."

14. What happened to Hagar's money that she invested in the stock market?
(a) She forgot about it.
(b) She lost it in the stock market crash.
(c) She took it out and bought her limoge china back from Lottie Telford.
(d) She doubled what she put in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandra, Hagar's roommate in the hospital, is angry with Hagar when she is wheeled back in after surgery to remove her appendix. Why is Sandra angry with Hagar?

2. At the hospital, when Hagar isn't allowed to get up and go to the bathroom by herself, what is her comment?

3. What causes Hagar to become nauseous and then fall in the woods?

4. At age 90, Hagar recalls only two things she has done truly free. What are they?

5. What kind of diet did Hagar's doctor order for her?

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