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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hagar sell to Lottie Telford for cash?
2. What is the name of the children's verse that implies if Hagar had the wings of an angel or a crow, she could fly up high and spit on the people below?
3. What does Hagar's father value?
4. What kind of house did the Currie's own?
5. What does Hagar think about her son Marvin and his wife Doris?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Hagar frustrated by her brother Matt's death?
2. 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?
3. Compare the birth of Marvin the the birth of John, and Hagar's feeling with both.
4. How is Hagar's emotional restraint again depicted in Chapter 4?
5. Do you think Hagar's feelings about going to the nursing home are similar to other elderly people? Why or why not?
6. Hagar is very attached to her things in the house. Describe a few of them.
7. When Hagar is looking back on her life, in Chapter 3, do you think she has any regrets?
8. Why is Hagar frightened when Marvin and Doris tell her they want to sell the house?
9. What is the role reversal that takes place between Hagar and Lottie Drieser?
10. Toward the end of Chapter 4, needs cash in order to leave Brampton Shipley. How does Hagar get the cash and in doing so give up her pride?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do the wild flowers in the cemetery reflect in Hagar? In what ways are the alike? Please provide specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
The stone angel in the cemetery is very symbolic throughout the novel.
Part 1) Describe the stone angel's significance in the cemetery?
Part 2) It has been carved without eyeballs, why is that important?
Part 3) How is Hagar like the stone angel at the beginning of the novel and at the end?
Essay Topic 3
They say hindsight is 20/20. As an old woman Hagar looks back and sees how her life could have turned out differently if she had acted differently. Name a way her life could have been different:
Part 1) as a girl.
Part 2) as a married woman.
Part 3) as a mother.
Part 4) as an old lady.
This section contains 956 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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