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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two rooms did the only girl in the Schultz family have all to herself?
(a) A bedroom and a playhouse in the backyard.
(b) The kitchen and a playroom in the basement.
(c) A bathroom in the basement and a playhouse in the garage.
(d) A bathroom in the basement and a bedroom.

2. What did Margaret call her father?
(a) Daddy H.
(b) Pappy O.
(c) Dada H.
(d) Papa O.

3. What two items does Wanda repair for Margaret while in her house for an interview to be her roommate?
(a) A leaky water pipe and a tea cup.
(b) A plate and tea cup.
(c) A broken doorknob and a leaky water pipe.
(d) A broken figurine and a tea cup.

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

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

6. Who is weeping in the prologue?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Irma.
(d) Striker.

7. What is Creative Visualization?
(a) A New Age philosophy.
(b) A type of yoga.
(c) A book of positive reinforcements.
(d) A play.

8. Why does Margaret refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?
(a) She is afraid.
(b) She does believe she is sick.
(c) She has things to do.
(d) She is suicidal.

9. What does the author suggest you do at the end of the prologue?
(a) Come back another time.
(b) Wake Margaret up.
(c) Reassure Wanda that hope is coming.
(d) Warn Irma of danger.

10. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?
(a) An explosion in the brain, an aneurysm.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

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

12. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) Los Angeles.

13. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?
(a) Wind.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Tink.
(d) Fire.

14. Who tells Margaret she should not allow Wanda to borrow her car in chapter 8?
(a) Susan.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Cassandra.

15. What is the ritual that Margaret has grown used to Wanda conducting each morning?
(a) Wanda making breakfast.
(b) Wanda exercising.
(c) Wanda making coffee.
(d) Wanda painting her nails.

Short Answer Questions

1. What on the walls of the coffee shop makes Margaret think of an unpleasant movie she once saw?

2. What does Margaret break while waiting for Wanda to return from the bathroom in chapter 2?

3. What picture does Wanda put into her backpack in chapter 3?

4. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?

5. What does Cassandra rush to find in the attic that once belonged to Margaret?

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