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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Margaret she should not allow Wanda to borrow her car in chapter 8?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Susan.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Daniel.

3. What is the ritual that Margaret has grown used to Wanda conducting each morning?
(a) Wanda exercising.
(b) Wanda painting her nails.
(c) Wanda making coffee.
(d) Wanda making breakfast.

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

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

6. 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) Bible classes.
(c) Book club gatherings.
(d) A poetry class.

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

8. What kind of pets did one applicant to e Margaret's roommate own?
(a) Fish.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Cats.

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

10. What does Margaret learn about Wanda on the night of the play's opening?
(a) Wanda is leaving Seattle.
(b) Wanda is sick.
(c) Wanda is an orphan.
(d) Wanda has a new boyfriend.

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

12. What does the author suggest you do at the end of the prologue?
(a) Reassure Wanda that hope is coming.
(b) Come back another time.
(c) Wake Margaret up.
(d) Warn Irma of danger.

13. What does Margaret break while waiting for Wanda to return from the bathroom in chapter 2?
(a) A tea cup.
(b) A plate.
(c) A figurine.
(d) A window.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Margaret show Wanda that was a piece of art Stephen once made in chapter 13?

3. Who does Margaret meet the opening night of Wanda's play?

4. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?

5. With what item does Wanda bring peace to the waring Schultz children?

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