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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cassandra tell Margaret she looks like in chapter 10?
(a) A Bingo player.
(b) A tourist.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A homeless woman.

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

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

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

5. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?
(a) The nanny's room.
(b) Margaret's childhood bedroom.
(c) The maid's room.
(d) Daniel's room.

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

7. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Watson.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Sherlock.

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

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

10. What on the walls of the coffee shop makes Margaret think of an unpleasant movie she once saw?
(a) Black and white photos.
(b) Theater posters.
(c) Beverage advertisments.
(d) Movie posters.

11. What two rooms did the only girl in the Schultz family have all to herself?
(a) A bathroom in the basement and a bedroom.
(b) A bedroom and a playhouse in the backyard.
(c) The kitchen and a playroom in the basement.
(d) A bathroom in the basement and a playhouse in the garage.

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

13. What two items does Wanda repair for Margaret while in her house for an interview to be her roommate?
(a) A plate and tea cup.
(b) A broken figurine and a tea cup.
(c) A leaky water pipe and a tea cup.
(d) A broken doorknob and a leaky water pipe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does the patient worry about having forgotten to do before visiting the doctor that day?

4. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?

5. What is one of the ways Margaret feels in chapter 6 that Wanda has brought new life to her house?

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