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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. Murray Lees says the watchman's dogs would have got him, if what hadn't been outside?

2. What did Arlene have to do in order to bring John home?

3. Why does Hagar think the two men she loved died?

4. What does Hagar decorate her hair with?

5. How long has Mrs. Dobereiner been at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What turns out to be Hagar's biggest character flaws?

3. 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?

4. What is Hagar's view toward religion in Chapter 8?

5. John's death effected Hagar deeply. However, she was not able to show the emotion until she drinks wine with Mr. Lee. Why do you think that was?

6. Having never said a kind word about Bram, why do you think Hagar tells Elva her husband had been very handsome?

7. In Chapter 9, while at the hospital, Hagar finally starts to notice that she is different from other people, in what way?

8. In Chapter 9, why do you think Hagar apologize to the nurse?

9. What is Hagar waiting for in Chapter 10, and in what other ways has she waited in the book?

10. In Hagar complaining that Arlene is always at the house, and then wishing she had not said it afterward, what does this say about Hagar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel we see Hagar throw herself into work, for example after marriage and at Mr. Oately's. Why do you think she does this?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how Hagar views John and Marvin at birth, as children, and as men. Describe how John and Marvin really are, and how Hagars blindness in symbolic to the stone angel's.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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