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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. What does Murray say caused him to lose his faith?
(a) The constant interference with his drinking.
(b) The fact he could only have one wife.
(c) The talk of the end of the world, without a date.
(d) The time committment.
2. 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.
3. Why does Arlene Simmons bring John home one night?
(a) He broke his leg delivering eggs.
(b) He is too lazy to drive himself home.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) His car broke down.
4. Upon her arrival at Jess' house, with the box labeled "Clara Shipley", who does Hagar find talking to Jess?
(a) John, asking about their father.
(b) Marvin.
(c) Christina.
(d) Arlene Simmons.
5. Hagar asks about Doris and Marvin comments that she has had one of her "spells." What is wrong with Doris?
(a) She is going through menopause.
(b) She is a raging alcoholic.
(c) Her heart isn't good.
(d) She has vertigo.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the beginning of Chapter 8, who is the man who enters the room where Hagar sits?
2. What was Murray's son's name, and how did he die?
3. What reduces all people in the Manawaka community to the same desperate level?
4. How does Elva suggest that Hagar relieve the pain in her chest?
5. Hagar returns to Manawaka when Bram becomes very sick. Upon seeing Hagar for the first time in years, Bram doesn't recognize Hagar at first. Later, who does he tell her she reminds him of?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the hospital what is the ultimate humiliation for Hagar, that causes her to have to give up total control? Does she accept this gracefully?
2. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Hagar is concerned about intruders coming into the house where she is at the cannery. She thinks that Bram would have taken care of anyone, if he had been there. What do you think this says about how she felt about Bram as a protector?
3. Compare Hagar and Doris. Has their relationship changed during this book?
4. Why do you think Hagar does not allow herself to cry in front of strangers?
5. Why does Hagar try to be helpful to her roommate?
6. Lottie Dreiser does not remember the incident described about the chicks. What does this say about Hagar as a narrator?
7. How is John's character forming in Chapter 6?
8. Hagar's need to do things herself and not accept help is consistent throughout. How is it depicted at the end of Chapter 10?
9. What is Hagar waiting for in Chapter 10, and in what other ways has she waited in the book?
10. How would you describe Mr. Murray Lees in Chapter 8?
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