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

2. Who is diagnosed with a dire health ailment in chapter 1?
(a) Margaret Hughes.
(b) Wanda Schultz.
(c) Irma Kominsky.
(d) M.J.Striker.

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

4. What does Margaret show Wanda that was a piece of art Stephen once made in chapter 13?
(a) A mosaic on a wall.
(b) A drawing of a Madonna.
(c) A painting of her.
(d) A caricature on a wall.

5. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?
(a) She is not ready for a new lover.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She still loves Peter.
(d) Chemistry does not last.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author suggest you do at the end of the prologue?

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

3. Who is Troy?

4. What does Wanda notice in chapter 15 is one common thread among many of the people responding to Margaret's ad for a new roommate?

5. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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