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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 refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?
(a) She is afraid.
(b) She is suicidal.
(c) She has things to do.
(d) She does believe she is sick.

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

3. What does the author suggest you do at the end of the prologue?
(a) Reassure Wanda that hope is coming.
(b) Wake Margaret up.
(c) Come back another time.
(d) Warn Irma of danger.

4. What is Wanda's profession?
(a) She is an artist.
(b) She is an actress.
(c) She is a dancer.
(d) She is a stage manager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?

2. What is primary or residual clay?

3. What two attributes does Wanda assign to Margaret that gives her great comfort?

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

5. Why does Margaret wake Wanda at five in the morning in chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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