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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Peter tell Wanda he needed to do with his life that led to their separation, as Wanda explains it in chapter 2?
(a) He needed to concentrate on his work.
(b) He needed to simplify his life.
(c) He needed to spend time with his family.
(d) He needed to have time to find himself.

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

4. What is Wanda's profession?
(a) She is an actress.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a stage manager.
(d) She is an artist.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?
(a) She is not ready for a new lover.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She still loves Peter.
(d) Chemistry does not last.

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

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

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

13. What does Margaret show Wanda that was a piece of art Stephen once made in chapter 13?
(a) A mosaic on a wall.
(b) A drawing of a Madonna.
(c) A caricature on a wall.
(d) A painting of her.

14. What is primary or residual clay?
(a) Clay that has never been moved from its origin.
(b) Clay that makes porcelain.
(c) Clay that is used first.
(d) Clay that is in its purest form.

15. Who is diagnosed with a dire health ailment in chapter 1?
(a) Irma Kominsky.
(b) Wanda Schultz.
(c) Margaret Hughes.
(d) M.J.Striker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?

2. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?

3. What item does the author suggest you might pick up off a desk in the prologue?

4. What does Wanda think of in chapter 16 as the paramedics load her into the ambulance?

5. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?

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