View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What term did Marie use in Bible study when referring to Satan?
(a) Rotten Meat.
(b) Old Onions.
(c) Stinky Shoes.
(d) Old Socks.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?

2. What is the one thing the guest in Room 213 leaves behind in an otherwise clean room?

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

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

5. What did Marie once see while she was cleaning a room that was supposed to be vacant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 862 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample