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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the religious beliefs of Wanda's father?
(a) He was an atheist.
(b) He was Catholic.
(c) He was agnostic.
(d) He was Lutheran.

2. What is one of the ways Margaret feels in chapter 6 that Wanda has brought new life to her house?
(a) She plays music a lot.
(b) She talks a lot.
(c) There are more people around.
(d) The phone rings now.

3. What does the waitress at the coffee shop in chapter 1 suggest she would do if she learned she had a short time to live?
(a) Do something adventurous.
(b) Do something dangerous.
(c) Do something that scares her.
(d) Do something expensive.

4. Why did Wanda work hard to never break a dish in the Schultz household?
(a) She did not want to be abandoned again.
(b) She thought the chips and cracks on the dishes were her fault.
(c) She thought a broken dish would cause her father to be injured.
(d) She did not want to get in trouble.

5. What point of view is used in the prologue of the novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Limited omniscient.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two items does Wanda repair for Margaret while in her house for an interview to be her roommate?

2. Why does Margaret wake Wanda at five in the morning in chapter 14?

3. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?

4. What kind of pets did one applicant to e Margaret's roommate own?

5. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?

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