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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Troy?
(a) Wanda's cousin.
(b) Wanda's assistant.
(c) Margaret's son.
(d) Margaret's brother.

2. What does Wanda think of in chapter 16 as the paramedics load her into the ambulance?
(a) Colored eggs on Easter.
(b) Colored chicks in the petshop windows at Easter.
(c) Easter candy.
(d) Troy's colorful wardrobe.

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 in theater.
(b) They are all doctors.
(c) They are all college students.
(d) They are all registered nurses.

4. What were the religious beliefs of Wanda's father?
(a) He was agnostic.
(b) He was Catholic.
(c) He was an atheist.
(d) He was Lutheran.

5. What picture does Wanda put into her backpack in chapter 3?
(a) A picture of an older woman in a car.
(b) A picture of a small girl and woman bowling.
(c) A picture of a small girl in front of a church.
(d) A picture of a man and woman in a park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only girl in the Schultz family named after?

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

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

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

5. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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