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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is diagnosed with a dire health ailment in chapter 1?
(a) Margaret Hughes.
(b) M.J.Striker.
(c) Irma Kominsky.
(d) Wanda Schultz.

2. What item does a waitress have that Margaret notices in chapter 1?
(a) A belly button ring.
(b) A nose ring.
(c) A tongue ring.
(d) A toe ring.

3. With what item does Wanda bring peace to the waring Schultz children?
(a) A board game.
(b) A coloring book.
(c) Three Musketeers bar.
(d) A puzzle.

4. What is primary or residual clay?
(a) Clay that is used first.
(b) Clay that is in its purest form.
(c) Clay that makes porcelain.
(d) Clay that has never been moved from its origin.

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

6. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?
(a) Third person.
(b) Limited omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

8. What does the patient worry about having forgotten to do before visiting the doctor that day?
(a) Eat her jelly toast.
(b) Stop by the grocery store for apples.
(c) Turn off her oven.
(d) Pay her electric bill.

9. What type of classes did one of the potential applicants for Margaret's roommate did the woman want to hold in the house?
(a) Lamaze classes.
(b) A poetry class.
(c) Book club gatherings.
(d) Bible classes.

10. 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.

11. Why does Margaret wake Wanda at five in the morning in chapter 14?
(a) To write an ad for another roommate.
(b) To celebrate Easter.
(c) To share her bad dream.
(d) To drive her to the doctor.

12. Where does Stephen draw a picture of Margaret in chapter 5?
(a) A sketchbook.
(b) The wall of their living room.
(c) A Bible.
(d) The back of a napkin.

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

14. How many children do the Schultzes have?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Margaret learn about Wanda on the night of the play's opening?

3. Who is weeping in the prologue?

4. What does the waitress at the coffee shop in chapter 1 suggest she would do if she learned she had a short time to live?

5. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?

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