View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?

2. What item does the author suggest you might pick up off a desk in the prologue?

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

4. Who is weeping in the prologue?

5. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What happened to Margaret's mother? When did she die? Why does Margaret begin to see her mother? What role did her mother play in Margaret's life when she was a child? Now, as Margaret is an adult? What does it say about Margaret's health that she is seeing dead people? What does it say about her state of mind? Why does Margaret see her mother? Why does she not see her father or others who have died in her life?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Friendship

2) Grief and Loss

3) War Atrocities

4) Family.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 880 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample