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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the front desk clerk that Marie was friends with at work?
(a) Ella.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Evie.
(d) Emmy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's occupation in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?

2. What object does Marie replace in the bathroom that is said to have "dementia" (3)?

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

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

5. Who is the author of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marie convince the former motel owner to put wooden platforms under the motel room beds?

2. Why did Marie run from a room laughing after seeing a guest when she though the room was vacant? How did Evie react when Marie told her?

3. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"? Where is her occupation? How long has she been there?

4. Why did Evie and Marie lose touch? What was the last correspondence the two had?

5. What are some things that Marie's coworkers had done to her during her time working at the motel?

6. Who is Christine? How does Marie feel about her life when they run into each other at a mall?

7. What are some of the things Marie has grown accustomed to seeing and having to clean in her line of work?

8. What state is Room 213, the first room Marie cleans in the story? What is in it that she dislikes?

9. Who is Olga? Why did she leave the motel?

10. What "self-defense behavior" (1) does Marie enact before entering a room and why?

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