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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 naked man.
(d) A dead snake.

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

3. 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 robbed Naseem at gunpoint.
(d) She committed statutory rape at the motel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one thing Marie dislikes cleaning most in rooms?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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