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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 drive her to the doctor.
(c) To share her bad dream.
(d) To write an ad for another roommate.

2. What does the patient worry about having forgotten to do before visiting the doctor that day?
(a) Turn off her oven.
(b) Eat her jelly toast.
(c) Pay her electric bill.
(d) Stop by the grocery store for apples.

3. What kind of pets did one applicant to e Margaret's roommate own?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Hamsters.
(d) Fish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?

3. What country does the valet at the Hotel Orleans say most guests feel they have visited after staying at the hotel?

4. Why does Wanda become angry with Troy in chapter 16?

5. What were the religious beliefs of Wanda's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Margaret think she hears Wanda doing in the bathroom during their initial interview? Why does Wanda do this?

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

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

7. Why do Margaret and Wanda begin breaking plates in chapter 13? What is the purpose?

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

9. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

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