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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does a waitress have that Margaret notices in chapter 1?
(a) A nose ring.
(b) A belly button ring.
(c) A tongue ring.
(d) A toe ring.

2. What is the author describing in the prologue?
(a) The bowling alley where Striker works.
(b) Wanda's small YMCA room.
(c) Margaret's sleeping house.
(d) Irma's small apartment.

3. Who does Margaret meet the opening night of Wanda's play?
(a) Wanda's cousin.
(b) Wanda's former boyfriend.
(c) A stagehand who worked with Wanda.
(d) A caterer whose boyfriend acted in one of Wanda's plays.

4. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?
(a) Her father, Oscar.
(b) The gardener.
(c) Her mother, Cassandra.
(d) The housekeeper.

5. What does Cassandra tell Margaret she looks like in chapter 10?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A Bingo player.
(c) A tourist.
(d) A homeless woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is used in the prologue of the novel?

2. What is the first room Margaret shows Wanda in chapter 2?

3. Where does Margaret tell Wanda most of the collectibles in her house came from in chapter 3?

4. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?

5. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?

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