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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. Where does Marie keep her postcard from Evie?
(a) On her cleaning cart.
(b) In her purse.
(c) On her refrigerator.
(d) In her desk.

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

3. What occurred in the motel 5 times while Marie worked there?
(a) Animal sacrifices.
(b) Police raids.
(c) Marie quit.
(d) Movie stars stayed there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What type of scented soap does Marie use to clean the motel room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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