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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After possibly embarrassing Doris at Dr. Corby's office by talking to loud, what does Hagar promise to do?
(a) Only speak when spoken to.
(b) Speak softly from now on.
(c) Speak softly, but carry a big stick.
(d) Not open her mouth again.

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

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

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

5. When the bus drops Hagar at the roadside at Shadow Point, what does she take pride in?
(a) He strong arch-support shoes and best hat.
(b) How much money she has now that she cashed her pension check.
(c) Knowing she got this far on her own.
(d) That she has quit smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time past before Jason Currie visited his first grandson?

2. What does Hagar want to do when she returns from boarding school?

3. What does Hagar think about her son Marvin and his wife Doris?

4. What is the stone angel?

5. Who were Hagar's brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the nursing home, Hagar thinks she sees someone she knows. Why is this significant?

2. In Chapter 2, Hagar's father reaches out his hand to her with heartfelt emotion. However, she rejects him both times. Why do you think that is?

3. Hagar is very attached to her things in the house. Describe a few of them.

4. How does Hagar see John's character flaws? How does this compare her to the stone angel?

5. When Hagar's brother Daniel is dying, Matt begs her to put on their mother's old plaid shawl to comfort Daniel. Why do you think Hagar is unable to do this?

6. What are John's character traits in Chapter 5? Do you think they affect his future?

7. How is Hagar's wild and headstrong nature depicted in Chapter 2?

8. How is the symbolic use of wings portrayed in Chapter 3?

9. Compare the birth of Marvin the the birth of John, and Hagar's feeling with both.

10. Hagar is obviously unwilling to give in to death. How is that seen in Chapter 3?

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