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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the only girl in the Schultz family named after?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Barbara Bush.

3. Why does Wanda become angry with Troy in chapter 16?
(a) He tries to play along with her charade.
(b) He intereferes in her search for Peter.
(c) He exposes her real identity.
(d) He refuses to help her find Peter.

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

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

6. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?
(a) Fire.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Tink.
(d) Wind.

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

8. What point of view is used in the prologue of the novel?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

9. What does Cassandra rush to find in the attic that once belonged to Margaret?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A sketch book.
(c) A doll.
(d) A diary.

10. 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?
(a) Do something dangerous.
(b) Do something that scares her.
(c) Do something adventurous.
(d) Do something expensive.

11. 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.

12. Where does Margaret tell Wanda most of the collectibles in her house came from in chapter 3?
(a) Her own searches of antique stores.
(b) Her mother's family.
(c) Her father's family.
(d) Her father's antique store.

13. What is the first room Margaret shows Wanda in chapter 2?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The bedroom.

14. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

15. What did Margaret call her father?
(a) Daddy H.
(b) Papa O.
(c) Pappy O.
(d) Dada H.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author describing in the prologue?

2. What picture does Wanda put into her backpack in chapter 3?

3. What were the religious beliefs of Wanda's father?

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

5. What country does the valet at the Hotel Orleans say most guests feel they have visited after staying at the hotel?

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