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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Margaret learn about Wanda on the night of the play's opening?
(a) Wanda is an orphan.
(b) Wanda is sick.
(c) Wanda has a new boyfriend.
(d) Wanda is leaving Seattle.

2. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Troy.
(c) Gus.
(d) Stephen.

3. Why did Margaret think Daniel was killed?
(a) She was cursed.
(b) The car was cursed.
(c) The house was cursed.
(d) He was cursed.

4. Who does Margaret see alongside her mother in chapter 8?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Daniel.

5. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Wind.
(c) Fire.
(d) Tink.

6. What does the author suggest you do at the end of the prologue?
(a) Reassure Wanda that hope is coming.
(b) Warn Irma of danger.
(c) Come back another time.
(d) Wake Margaret up.

7. What item does the author suggest you might pick up off a desk in the prologue?
(a) A letter.
(b) A flash drive.
(c) A figurine.
(d) A pen.

8. What does the waitress at the coffee shop in chapter 1 suggest she would do if she learned she had a short time to live?
(a) Do something dangerous.
(b) Do something that scares her.
(c) Do something adventurous.
(d) Do something expensive.

9. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. What were the religious beliefs of Wanda's father?
(a) He was agnostic.
(b) He was Catholic.
(c) He was an atheist.
(d) He was Lutheran.

11. What two rooms did the only girl in the Schultz family have all to herself?
(a) A bathroom in the basement and a bedroom.
(b) The kitchen and a playroom in the basement.
(c) A bathroom in the basement and a playhouse in the garage.
(d) A bedroom and a playhouse in the backyard.

12. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Limited omniscient.
(d) First person.

13. Who tells Margaret she should not allow Wanda to borrow her car in chapter 8?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Susan.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Stephen.

14. What did Peter tell Wanda he needed to do with his life that led to their separation, as Wanda explains it in chapter 2?
(a) He needed to concentrate on his work.
(b) He needed to have time to find himself.
(c) He needed to simplify his life.
(d) He needed to spend time with his family.

15. What item does a waitress have that Margaret notices in chapter 1?
(a) A toe ring.
(b) A nose ring.
(c) A belly button ring.
(d) A tongue ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only girl in the Schultz family named after?

2. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?

3. Whose bedroom does Wanda now occupy in Margaret's house?

4. Why did Wanda work hard to never break a dish in the Schultz household?

5. What is the ritual that Margaret has grown used to Wanda conducting each morning?

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