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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. Why is Hagar peeved with Marvin when he tells her she can now be moved to a private room?
2. Hagar asks Lottie about the incident with the chicks that happened when they were children. What is Lottie's response?
3. The night after Bram's funeral, who was the one who cried?
4. After John's death, Hagar packs up and moves back to be Mr. Oatley's housekeeper. He dies a year later. How much money does he leave her?
5. Who wakes up Hagar one night to tell her something has happened to John?
Short Essay Questions
1. Make comparisons between John and his own liquor made from potato peelings.
2. Why do you think Hagar does not allow herself to cry in front of strangers?
3. How is John's character forming in Chapter 6?
4. What is Hagar's view toward religion in Chapter 8?
5. Having never said a kind word about Bram, why do you think Hagar tells Elva her husband had been very handsome?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 7, Hagar's fear of the dark is admitted. Why do you think she has never told anyone she was afraid of the dark?
8. 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?
9. What turns out to be Hagar's biggest character flaws?
10. In the hospital, how is Hagar's soft food diet ironic?
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
Throughout the novel Hagar describes events that foreshadow John's demise. What are some of these events and do you think Hagar could have acted differently to affect the outcome?
Essay Topic 3
Hagar's emotional restraint is seen throughout the novel. Name two instances where she exhibits emotional restraint and how she could have done things differently and what the outcome could have been.
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