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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Margaret refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?
(a) She is suicidal.
(b) She is afraid.
(c) She has things to do.
(d) She does believe she is sick.

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

7. Why does Margaret wake Wanda at five in the morning in chapter 14?
(a) To celebrate Easter.
(b) To drive her to the doctor.
(c) To write an ad for another roommate.
(d) To share her bad dream.

8. What does Cassandra rush to find in the attic that once belonged to Margaret?
(a) A diary.
(b) A sketch book.
(c) A doll.
(d) A book of poetry.

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

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

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

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

13. 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 thought a broken dish would cause her father to be injured.
(d) She did not want to get in trouble.

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

15. What is the author describing in the prologue?
(a) Margaret's sleeping house.
(b) Irma's small apartment.
(c) The bowling alley where Striker works.
(d) Wanda's small YMCA room.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of classes did one of the potential applicants for Margaret's roommate did the woman want to hold in the house?

4. 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?

5. Who is Troy?

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