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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Margaret see alongside her mother in chapter 8?
(a) Her father.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Stephen.

2. 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 bathroom in the basement and a playhouse in the garage.
(c) A bedroom and a playhouse in the backyard.
(d) The kitchen and a playroom in the basement.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What picture does Margaret take from her wallet and study while in the coffee shop in chapter 1?

4. What is Creative Visualization?

5. Who does Margaret think Wanda is buttering up with her constant compliments on the decor in the house in chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Wanda's parents that caused her to live with her aunt and uncle?

2. Who is the first respondent to Margaret's ad for a roommate? Why does Margaret like this first respondent?

3. For what reason does Margaret decide to invite another person to live in her house? What is this new roommate's profession?

4. What is significant about the day Margaret's mother died? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of her mother's death?

5. Who does Margaret take to the opening night of Wanda's play? What does Margaret give to Wanda after the play is over?

6. Why does Wanda interview the clerk at a second hand record store? Who does she pretend to be?

7. Why does the author introduce a dream that both Wanda and Margaret are having in chapter 7?

8. Who does Wanda see on the street in front of a vintage record store? What happens after she sees this person?

9. What does Margaret begin seeing in chapter 8? What is this a symptom of?

10. What discussions does Margaret have with her doctor in chapter 10? What is the result of these discussions?

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