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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 item does a waitress have that Margaret notices in chapter 1?

2. Why does Margaret refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?

3. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?

4. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail, including ways in which they have changed as the novel's plot has progressed, using quotes from "Broken for You" to support your conclusions:

1) Wanda and Margaret

2) Wanda and Troy

3) Michael and Irma

4) Margaret and her roommates

Essay Topic 3

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.

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