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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

7. 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 father's family.
(c) Her mother's family.
(d) Her father's antique store.

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 registered nurses.
(c) They are all doctors.
(d) They are all in theater.

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

10. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?
(a) Her mother, Cassandra.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) The gardener.
(d) Her father, Oscar.

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

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

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

14. 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 that scares her.
(b) Do something expensive.
(c) Do something dangerous.
(d) Do something adventurous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margaret refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?

2. What is the author describing in the prologue?

3. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?

4. Why does Margaret wake Wanda at five in the morning in chapter 14?

5. Who is Troy?

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