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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?
(a) She does not like him.
(b) She is not ready for a new lover.
(c) Chemistry does not last.
(d) She still loves Peter.

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

3. What did Peter tell Wanda he needed to do with his life that led to their separation, as Wanda explains it in chapter 2?
(a) He needed to have time to find himself.
(b) He needed to concentrate on his work.
(c) He needed to simplify his life.
(d) He needed to spend time with his family.

4. Who does Margaret think Wanda is buttering up with her constant compliments on the decor in the house in chapter 2?
(a) Margaret's ex-husband.
(b) Margaret's housemates.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Margaret's former tenant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?

2. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?

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

4. Who is weeping in the prologue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

2. Who does Margaret take to the opening night of Wanda's play? What does Margaret give to Wanda after the play is over?

3. Why does Margaret go to the Hotel Orleans in chapter 10? Who does she meet there?

4. What causes the decline of Stephen and Margaret's marriage?

5. What does Margaret begin seeing in chapter 8? What is this a symptom of?

6. Why does the author introduce a dream that both Wanda and Margaret are having in chapter 7?

7. What discussions does Margaret have with her doctor in chapter 10? What is the result of these discussions?

8. Why do Margaret and Wanda begin breaking plates in chapter 13? What is the purpose?

9. What happened to Wanda's parents that caused her to live with her aunt and uncle?

10. Why does Margaret Hughes decide to get a roommate? Who does she need to consult first?

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