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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 adventurous.
(b) Do something expensive.
(c) Do something dangerous.
(d) Do something that scares her.

2. What is Wanda's profession?
(a) She is a stage manager.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is an actress.
(d) She is an artist.

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

4. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?
(a) Watson.
(b) Sherlock.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Einstein.

5. Where does Margaret tell Wanda most of the collectibles in her house came from in chapter 3?
(a) Her mother's family.
(b) Her father's family.
(c) Her own searches of antique stores.
(d) Her father's antique store.

6. What did Margaret call her father?
(a) Pappy O.
(b) Papa O.
(c) Daddy H.
(d) Dada H.

7. What does Wanda think of in chapter 16 as the paramedics load her into the ambulance?
(a) Colored eggs on Easter.
(b) Easter candy.
(c) Troy's colorful wardrobe.
(d) Colored chicks in the petshop windows at Easter.

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

9. What picture does Margaret take from her wallet and study while in the coffee shop in chapter 1?
(a) A picture of her dead son, Daniel.
(b) A picture of her cousin, Molly.
(c) A picture of her former husband, Stephen.
(d) A picture of her daughter, Wanda.

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

11. Why does Wanda become angry with Troy in chapter 16?
(a) He exposes her real identity.
(b) He tries to play along with her charade.
(c) He intereferes in her search for Peter.
(d) He refuses to help her find Peter.

12. What is primary or residual clay?
(a) Clay that makes porcelain.
(b) Clay that is used first.
(c) Clay that is in its purest form.
(d) Clay that has never been moved from its origin.

13. What two items does Wanda repair for Margaret while in her house for an interview to be her roommate?
(a) A broken figurine and a tea cup.
(b) A plate and tea cup.
(c) A leaky water pipe and a tea cup.
(d) A broken doorknob and a leaky water pipe.

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

15. What does Cassandra tell Margaret she looks like in chapter 10?
(a) A homeless woman.
(b) A tourist.
(c) A Bingo player.
(d) An old woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what item does Wanda bring peace to the waring Schultz children?

2. What does the patient worry about having forgotten to do before visiting the doctor that day?

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

4. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?

5. Who is Troy?

(see the answer keys)

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