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

2. 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) Her father, Oscar.
(d) The gardener.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Margaret learn about Wanda on the night of the play's opening?

3. What does Margaret break while waiting for Wanda to return from the bathroom in chapter 2?

4. Who is diagnosed with a dire health ailment in chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret insist on allow Wanda to use her car? Why does Wanda hesitate?

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

3. How is Daniel Hughes killed? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of his death?

4. What was life like for Wanda when she lived with the Schultz family?

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

6. Why does Margaret Hughes decide to get a roommate? Who does she need to consult first?

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

8. What causes the decline of Stephen and Margaret's marriage?

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

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

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