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

2. What things did Marie have stolen from her by coworkers over the years?
(a) Her purse and car.
(b) Her street clothes and necklace.
(c) Her wedding ring and new shoes.
(d) Her jewelry and wallet.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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