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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term did Marie use in Bible study when referring to Satan?
(a) Stinky Shoes.
(b) Rotten Meat.
(c) Old Onions.
(d) Old Socks.

3. Where does Evie say she is moving to when she abruptly quit work?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Alaska.
(d) California.

4. What type of scented soap does Marie use to clean the motel room?
(a) Mint.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Orange.
(d) Tea Tree.

5. Why did one of Marie's former coworkers go to prison for four years?
(a) She robbed Naseem at gunpoint.
(b) She tried to kill a motel guest.
(c) She committed statutory rape at the motel.
(d) She was selling drugs to motel guests.

6. What is one thing Marie is no longer bothered by seeing after many years of working in the same industry?
(a) Used condoms.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Abandoned children.
(d) Nudity.

7. Which of Marie's former coworkers married an American man and eventually moved to Oregon?
(a) Olga.
(b) Maria.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Agnes.

8. Why does Marie dread cleaning Room 144 after Room 213?
(a) There were four children in that room.
(b) A rock band was staying there.
(c) It is the largest room in the motel.
(d) There was a bachelorette party there.

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

10. What object does Marie replace in the bathroom that is said to have "dementia" (3)?
(a) The toilet paper roll.
(b) The towels.
(c) The shower liner.
(d) The bath mat.

11. How long does it take Marie to clean the first, tidy room she cleans in the story?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 1.5 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

12. What does Marie soon do after seeing a naked guest emerge from the bathroom?
(a) Told her husband.
(b) Quit her job.
(c) Complained to her boss.
(d) Confessed to Father James.

13. What did Marie once see while she was cleaning a room that was supposed to be vacant?
(a) An abandoned child.
(b) A naked man.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A dead snake.

14. What is the one thing the guest in Room 213 leaves behind in an otherwise clean room?
(a) Leftover food.
(b) Feces in the toilet.
(c) A hypodermic needle.
(d) Used condoms.

15. Where does Marie receive a postcard from Evie saying she is "halfway there!" (2)?
(a) Reno.
(b) Richmond.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What things did Marie have stolen from her by coworkers over the years?

2. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?

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

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

5. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?

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