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

2. What is the main character's religion in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Muslim.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marie soon do after seeing a naked guest emerge from the bathroom?

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

4. What term did Marie use in Bible study when referring to Satan?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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