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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. Why did Agnes take the painting?
(a) To spite Marion.
(b) She wanted to give it to her daughter.
(c) She thought it was garbage.
(d) To sell it for money.

2. What does Bassey reveal has happened to Agnes?
(a) She has tuberculosis.
(b) She broke her leg.
(c) She broke up with her boyfriend.
(d) She has cancer.

3. How did Marion know Alberta?
(a) She was the neighbor's maid.
(b) She was a family friend.
(c) She was Marion's nanny.
(d) She was a stranger.

4. Why do Hortensia and Marion agree that being enemies was better than being friends?
(a) They have different lifestyles.
(b) They are too alike to be friends.
(c) It was easier to dislike each other.
(d) They are not compatible as roommates.

5. What did Marion witness happen to Alberta?
(a) Her possessions were stolen.
(b) She was physically attacked.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) Her family was kidnapped.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that unlike their in-person communication, Hortensia and Peter’s letters were what?

2. Who is Innes's mother?

3. What did Marion say when Agnes asked if she could finish her degree?

4. Where does the library keep the “diverse” authors?

5. Who does Hortensia contact at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hortensia and Peter’s relationship receive criticism?

2. How does Peter feel about Hortensia’s career?

3. How do Hortensia and Marion’s perspectives on housekeepers differ?

4. Why does Marion share the story about Alberta?

5. Why does Hortensia say she does not want to “absolve” Marion?

6. Why might Aggie have said “There’s blood here, Marion” (169)?

7. How does Chapter Sixteen show Marion develop?

8. How does Marion feel to be staying in No. 10 Katterijn Avenue?

9. What motivates Hortensia to contact Esme?

10. Why did Hortensia never confront Peter about the affair?

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