Stone Angel Proper Nouns

Question 1

Sir Daniel Currie

Answer 1

A wealthy, Scottish merchant who is proud; his friend cheated him into debt.

Question 2

Jason Currie

Answer 2

Stubborn, he left Scotland for Canada and set up a store in Manawaka; he has two sons, and his wife died after the birth of his only daughter

Question 3

Matt Currie

Answer 3

Hagar’s eldest brother who died of influenza at 29 and seldom pleased his father; he married Mavis McVitie

Question 4

Mavis McVitie

Answer 4

Matt’s widowed wife who later married Alden Cates and had three children; her father was a lawyer

Question 5

Daniel Currie

Answer 5

Hagar’s other brother who is 4 years older than her; he teased her, tried to get money from his nanny, and was sickly and died of pneumonia at a young age

Question 6

Clair Shipley

Answer 6

Bram’s plump wife who died of a blursed spleen and had tao daughters, Gladys and Jess

Question 7

Bram Shipley

Answer 7

Hagar’s husband who is 14 years older that her and an unsuccessful farmer but a good dancer

Question 8

Hagar Shipley

Answer 8

The protagonist of the novel

Question 9

Doris Shipley

Answer 9

She cooks, cleans, and care for the elderly Hagar and is religious

Question 10

Marvin Shipley

Answer 10

Hagar’s first-born son who was a young soldier during WWI and sells paint; he has ulcers

Question 11

John Shipley

Answer 11

Hagar’s younger son who is wilder than his brother and engaged to Arlene Simmons

Question 12

Christina (Lastname)

Answer 12

Hagar granddaughter who is 27

Question 13

August (Lastname)

Answer 13

Tina’s husband who is a lawyer in the east

Question 14

Steven Shipley

Answer 14

Hagar’s grandson who is an architect

Question 15

Telford Simmons

Answer 15

The bank manager of Manawaka who marries Lottie Drieser; his father ran the funeral parlour and spent his earnings on alcohol

Question 16

Lottie Drieser

Answer 16

Determined to marry well and acquire social status despite being a social outcast when growing up

Question 17

Charlotte Tappen

Answer 17

Hagar’s friend while growing up; she is the doctor’s daughter

Question 18

Mr. Troy

Answer 18

The minister who sees Hagar at times during the novel

Question 19

Reverend Dougall MacCulloch

Answer 19

Manawaka’s minister who dies unexpectedly

Question 20

Morag MacCulloch

Answer 20

A teacher Hagar hears teaches the South Manawaka school.

Question 21

Aunt Dolly

Answer 21

The Curries’ nanny who tries to get the romantic interest of Jason but leaves for her sister in Ontario after his death

Question 22

Henry Pearl

Answer 22

A boy who is unnerved by seeing the body of his dead, baby sister in the funeral parlour

Question 23

Doctor Corby

Answer 23

The doctor who sees the elderly Hagar after she falls down in a fit

Question 24

Soldier

Answer 24

Bram’s grey stallion he bought from Henry Pearl; he gets stuck in a barbed wire fence and dies in a harsh snowstorm

Question 25

Jules Tonnerre

Answer 25

Someone who Matt intended on hunting with before Jason refused to allow him to go as Matt would be clumsy with a firearm

Question 26

Mrs. Tyrrwhitt

Answer 26

A little woman in a pink cotton wrap-around who complains to Hagar

Question 27

Mrs. Steiner

Answer 27

A heavily-built woman who Hagar takes an instant liking to

Question 28

Ben Steiner

Answer 28

Mrs. Steiner’s son who lives in a small apartment

Question 29

Esther Steiner

Answer 29

Mrs. Steiner’s glamorous and somewhat insincere daughter-in-law

Question 30

Rita Steiner

Answer 30

Mrs. Steiner’s loving daughter

Question 31

Lynne Steiner

Answer 31

Mrs. Steiner’s doll-like granddaughter

Question 32

Moishe Steiner

Answer 32

Mrs. Steiner’s smart, dark-eyed grandson

Question 33

Charlie Bean

Answer 33

Bram’s friend who he spend time hunting, drinking, and causing problems with

Question 34

Manawaka

Answer 34

The setting of Hagar’s flashbacks in the novel

Question 35

Wachakwa

Answer 35

The river that runs through Manawaka and past the cemetery where the stone angel resides

Question 36

Silver Threads

Answer 36

The nursing home that Doris and Marvin try to get Hagar to move to despite her flouting

Question 37

Mr. Cooper

Answer 37

The new owner of the Currie’s former store.

Question 38

Shadow Point

Answer 38

The location Hagar plans to flee to after she is scheduled to admittance at Silver Threads Nursing Home.

Question 39

Mr. Oatley

Answer 39

A retired human-trafficker who Hagar works as a house maid for and leaves $20,000 to after his death.

Question 40

Jess and Gladys Shipley

Answer 40

Bram’s and Clara’s daughters.

Question 41

Lazarus Tonnerre

Answer 41

A person John trades his jackknife in for a pack of cigarettes.

Question 42

Calvin (Lastname)

Answer 42

Jess’ husband.

Question 43

Murray F. Lees

Answer 43

A man who Hagar loiters with at an abandoned cannery and shares her woes with initially reluctant.

Question 44

Rose Ferney

Answer 44

Murray’s mother.

Question 45

Tollemache Lees

Answer 45

Murray’s evangelist grandfather.

Question 46

Lou Lees

Answer 46

Murray’s strapping, redhead wife who bore a premature child.

Question 47

Pulsifer

Answer 47

An armageddon preacher who Murray shamefully believes.

Question 48

Mrs. Reilly

Answer 48

A “mountain of flesh” who sports an Irish accent at the hospital.

Question 49

Eileen Reilly

Answer 49

Mrs. Reilly’s daughter.

Question 50

Mrs. Dobereiner

Answer 50

A German patient who has been in the hospital for seven months and sings for a peaceful passing.

Question 51

Elva Jardine

Answer 51

A seventy year-old woman who has been in the hospital for three months.

Question 52

Thomas Jardine

Answer 52

Elva’s husband who has faithfully spent time with Mrs. Garvey.

Question 53

Sandra Wong

Answer 53

A young girl who needs her appendix removed that Hagar meets near her private ward.

Question 54

Steven Shipley

Answer 54

Hagar’s grandson who is an architect.

Question 55

Alden Cates

Answer 55

Mavis McVitie’s second husband who she has three children with.

Question 56

Weldon Jonas

Answer 56

A local cabinetmaker in Manawaka.