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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 one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?
(a) Pass out drunk.
(b) Defecate on the sidewalk.
(c) Yell at passersby.
(d) Throw up.

2. What does Marie learn of her former coworker Christine when they bump into each other at a mall?
(a) She is homeless.
(b) She is a lesbian.
(c) She is transgender.
(d) She is a doctor.

3. 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.

4. How long does it take Marie to clean the first, tidy room she cleans in the story?
(a) 1.5 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?

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

5. Why does Marie dread cleaning Room 144 after Room 213?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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