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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cassandra tell Margaret she looks like in chapter 10?

2. What picture does Wanda put into her backpack in chapter 3?

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

4. Who does Margaret see alongside her mother in chapter 8?

5. Who tells Margaret she should not allow Wanda to borrow her car in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the star? How has it changed Margaret's life? When does it begin to grow? Who does Margaret begin to see as the star begins to grow? How does Wanda react to news of Margaret's illness? How does Margaret feel about Wanda's reaction? How long does Margaret live after the star begins to grow? What happens to her house and her roommates after her death?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Gina? Why does she marry Michael? Why does she insist that she cannot have children? What happens when she does have a child? How does Michael respond to his wife's inability to deal with their child? How does Michael respond when Gina leaves him and his daughter? Why did Michael put his entire life on hold for this one woman? Where has his search for Gina taken Michael? To which character does Michael's obsession with his wife compare? How do they compare?

Essay Topic 3

Wanda was adopted by her aunt and uncle. Examine this family. How does Wanda fit in with this surrogate family? How many siblings are there? Why does one of the children resent Wanda? How does Wanda feel about that? How did losing her parents impact Wanda? How has Wanda's past shaped her present? Why is Wanda so obsessed with her ex-lover? Why does Wanda believe the unsigned postcard is from her ex-lover?

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