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

2. What type of classes did one of the potential applicants for Margaret's roommate did the woman want to hold in the house?

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 picture does Margaret take from her wallet and study while in the coffee shop in chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail, using quotes from "Broken for You" to support your conclusions:

1) Margaret and Wanda

2) Margaret and Cassandra

3) Margaret and Stephen

4) Margaret and her father.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Margaret begin searching for the owner of the single tea cup her father stole from a Jewish child? How does Margaret find out the name of the owner? How does Margaret go about contacting the true owner? What does she learn about the owner? Who is the owner? How does this action bring Michael to Margaret's house? When does Wanda learn that Michael is her father? How does Michael learn the truth? How do they react to one another?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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