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Section 1 Pages 1 – 4

· The following version of this story was used to create this lesson plan: Alexie, Sherman. "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/clean-cleaner-cleanest.

· The story opens with Marie, a woman who has been working as a maid at the same motel for 30 years.

· Marie has grown accustomed to finding used condoms and hypodermic needles in the motel rooms.

· Though Catholic, Marie believes in contraception thinking that it is “good science...and God created everything, including science” (1).

· In the present, it is Tuesday and Marie knocks on the door of room 213 to clean it.

· Checkout was at 11, so after no answer Marie enters.

· When entering a room, Marie always takes a step back first to make sure there is no danger.

· Noticing the bathroom door is shut, Marie listens for the sound of running water or a toilet flushing.

· Years before, Marie was...

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