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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 did Wanda work hard to never break a dish in the Schultz household?

2. Who was the only girl in the Schultz family named after?

3. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?

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

5. What is primary or residual clay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Detective Tink Lorenzini? Why does Wanda insist on taking on this persona? For what purpose? Who is Troy? How does Troy react to Wanda's desire to find Peter? Why does Wanda rush across the street in chapter 16? Who did she think she saw? Who did she really see? What happens to Wanda? Why does she refuse to speak after her recovery has begun? What does this say about Wanda's state of mind? How does this impact the people around her?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the first mosaic Wanda makes with the shards from Margaret's china collection? What is the significance of this piece? What notoriety does she receive from her work? What idea does Troy have in regards to Wanda's art that will change the house in which Margaret lives? What mosaic does Barbara Cohen hire Wanda to make? Who appears in the piece? Whose kitchen does the piece resemble? What does it mean to Wanda? To Margaret?

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