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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 Pages 1 – 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?
(a) Throw up.
(b) Pass out drunk.
(c) Yell at passersby.
(d) Defecate on the sidewalk.

2. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?
(a) The obsession with perfection.
(b) The delusion of honor.
(c) The illusion of power.
(d) The illusion of clean.

3. What is the one thing Marie dislikes cleaning most in rooms?
(a) Feces.
(b) Food.
(c) Bedsheets.
(d) Urine.

4. What had Marie convinced Naseem do to save she and other maids time?
(a) Put wooden platforms under each bed.
(b) Only clean ever other day.
(c) Allow them to reuse bed linens.
(d) Buy a robot vacuum.

5. What term does the main character occasionally use when addressing God?
(a) Big Kahuna.
(b) Big Bopper.
(c) Big Bang.
(d) Big Boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie learn of her former coworker Christine when they bump into each other at a mall?

2. What does Marie repeat when entering a room after check-out time?

3. How long does it take Marie to clean the first, tidy room she cleans in the story?

4. What is the main character's religion in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?

5. What type of scented soap does Marie use to clean the motel room?

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