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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What things did Marie have stolen from her by coworkers over the years?
(a) Her purse and car.
(b) Her street clothes and necklace.
(c) Her wedding ring and new shoes.
(d) Her jewelry and wallet.

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

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

5. What is the main character's occupation in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?
(a) Bank teller.
(b) Restaurant server.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Motel maid.

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

7. Who owns the motel where Marie works?
(a) Narif.
(b) Hassan.
(c) Naseem.
(d) Arim.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Marie repeat when entering a room after check-out time?
(a) Housekeeping.
(b) YooHoo!
(c) Anybody here?
(d) Hello!

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Marie is no longer bothered by seeing after many years of working in the same industry?

2. What term does the main character occasionally use when addressing God?

3. What had Marie convinced Naseem do to save she and other maids time?

4. What did one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?

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

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