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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. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

2. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?
(a) Watson.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Sherlock.

3. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?
(a) Her cousin and boyfriend.
(b) Her husband and two children.
(c) Her former roommates.
(d) The children she cares for.

4. What item does the author suggest you might pick up off a desk in the prologue?
(a) A figurine.
(b) A letter.
(c) A flash drive.
(d) A pen.

5. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?
(a) The nanny's room.
(b) Daniel's room.
(c) Margaret's childhood bedroom.
(d) The maid's room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?

3. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?

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

5. What does the patient worry about having forgotten to do before visiting the doctor that day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What role does Stephen play in Margaret's life now that the two are divorced?

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

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

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

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

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

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