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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. What kind of pets did one applicant to e Margaret's roommate own?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Fish.
(d) Hamsters.

2. What is Wanda's profession?
(a) She is a dancer.
(b) She is an artist.
(c) She is an actress.
(d) She is a stage manager.

3. What does Wanda notice in chapter 15 is one common thread among many of the people responding to Margaret's ad for a new roommate?
(a) They are all registered nurses.
(b) They are all doctors.
(c) They are all college students.
(d) They are all in theater.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?

2. What two attributes does Wanda assign to Margaret that gives her great comfort?

3. Why did Wanda work hard to never break a dish in the Schultz household?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

3. For what reason does Margaret decide to invite another person to live in her house? What is this new roommate's profession?

4. What role does Stephen play in Margaret's life now that the two are divorced?

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

6. How is Daniel Hughes killed? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of his death?

7. Why does Margaret insist on allow Wanda to use her car? Why does Wanda hesitate?

8. What was life like for Wanda when she lived with the Schultz family?

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

10. What does Margaret think she hears Wanda doing in the bathroom during their initial interview? Why does Wanda do this?

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