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

2. 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 plate and tea cup.
(c) A broken figurine and a tea cup.
(d) A broken doorknob and a leaky water pipe.

3. What does Margaret break while waiting for Wanda to return from the bathroom in chapter 2?
(a) A figurine.
(b) A window.
(c) A tea cup.
(d) A plate.

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

5. 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) Stop by the grocery store for apples.
(d) Pay her electric bill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is weeping in the prologue?

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

4. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Margaret go to the Hotel Orleans in chapter 10? Who does she meet there?

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

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

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