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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. How many women does Marie believe she must have worked with over the three decades at the motel?
(a) 50-60.
(b) 20 or 30.
(c) About two dozen.
(d) 200-300.

2. What did Marie promise Father James she would do after she confessed her affair to him?
(a) Apologize to Amir.
(b) Tell her husband.
(c) Tell Naseem.
(d) Find a new job.

3. What "peculiar honor" (8) is Marie given on her last day of work?
(a) She is told she does not have to clean any bathrooms.
(b) She is told she supervise only and does not need to clean.
(c) She is told she can just spray her mint soap and leave.
(d) She is told she only needs to clean one room.

4. Why does Marie collapse on the sidewalk in pain one day after work?
(a) She had food poisoning.
(b) She has painful bunions from her shoes.
(c) She has torn muscles in her back from work.
(d) She twisted her ankle.

5. What did Father James say when Marie said her work was hard, but it was not like working in a coal mine?
(a) Of course it's not.
(b) Maybe it is.
(c) I've never worked in a coal mine.
(d) It is worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie hope to buy herself as a retirement gift?

2. What is Marie's husband doing when she returns home after her last day of work?

3. What does Marie get from the fridge for her and her husband at the end of the story?

4. How much does Marie weigh after 30 years of working at the motel?

5. What does Marie sometimes wonder about Evie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Marie when she retires? What "peculiar honor" (8) does her boss give to her on her last day?

2. What does Father James tell Marie about Amir and her relationship with him?

3. How are some of the women Marie worked with over the years described? How did Marie feel about these women?

4. How will Marie and her husband support themselves financially in retirement?

5. How much money does Marie earn in her final paycheck? How is this money received? How many weeks of work does her final pay cover? What happens when she gets to her car?

6. How is Marie's body impacted by her work over the years?

7. What is Marie's husband doing when she gets home? What work did he do and when did he retire?

8. How does Marie learn where Evie lives and works? What does she do when she finds out?

9. Who is Amir? What is Marie's relationship with Amir?

10. How did Marie feel about her affair with Amir in the following years? How did Marie feel about the fact that she never cheated on her husband again?

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