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

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

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

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

5. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?
(a) Margo.
(b) Martha.
(c) Marie.
(d) Mel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did one of Marie's former coworkers go to prison for four years?

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

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

5. What were the reasons for the seven deaths at the motel during Marie's time working there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is meant by "the illusion of clean" (3) in regards to Marie's work?

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

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

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

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

9. What are some of the tragic things that had happened in the motel during Marie's time working there?

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

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