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

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

2. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?
(a) Her cousin and boyfriend.
(b) The children she cares for.
(c) Her husband and two children.
(d) Her former roommates.

3. Who is weeping in the prologue?
(a) Irma.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Striker.

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

5. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?
(a) An explosion in the brain, an aneurysm.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Stroke.

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

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

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

9. Why did Wanda work hard to never break a dish in the Schultz household?
(a) She thought the chips and cracks on the dishes were her fault.
(b) She did not want to be abandoned again.
(c) She did not want to get in trouble.
(d) She thought a broken dish would cause her father to be injured.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Peter tell Wanda he needed to do with his life that led to their separation, as Wanda explains it in chapter 2?

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

3. What kind of pets did one applicant to e Margaret's roommate own?

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

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

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