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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 Wanda become angry with Troy in chapter 16?

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

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

4. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?

5. What does Margaret show Wanda that was a piece of art Stephen once made in chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Daniel Hughes killed? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Margaret's son die? How did this death impact Margaret's life? Why did she become a recluse? Why does Margaret treat the objects in her home as though they are alive and a part of her family? Where did some of these objects come from? How does this knowledge affect Margaret? What does Margaret eventually do with these items? How does this inspire Wanda to become a collage artist? How does this change Margaret and Wanda's lives?

Essay Topic 2

How does Margaret meet Gus McPherson? What role does Gus play in Margaret's life? What gift does Margaret make to Wanda in chapter 12? What does this say about their changing relationship? Why does Margaret suddenly begin making friends and coming out of her reclusive lifestyle when she learns she is dying? What does this say about Margaret's character? Do Margaret's new friends know about her illness? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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