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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. What does Wanda notice in chapter 15 is one common thread among many of the people responding to Margaret's ad for a new roommate?
(a) They are all in theater.
(b) They are all doctors.
(c) They are all college students.
(d) They are all registered nurses.

2. How many columns of Hughes does Margaret find in the phone book, suggesting the trouble Gus McPherson had finding her number?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. What on the walls of the coffee shop makes Margaret think of an unpleasant movie she once saw?
(a) Theater posters.
(b) Beverage advertisments.
(c) Black and white photos.
(d) Movie posters.

4. Who does Margaret meet the opening night of Wanda's play?
(a) A stagehand who worked with Wanda.
(b) Wanda's cousin.
(c) A caterer whose boyfriend acted in one of Wanda's plays.
(d) Wanda's former boyfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the one person Margaret felt was not happy in her household when she was a child?

2. In what city did Wanda and her parents live?

3. Who is Troy?

4. Who is weeping in the prologue?

5. Who does Margaret see alongside her mother in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Wanda's parents that caused her to live with her aunt and uncle?

2. Why does Margaret go to the Hotel Orleans in chapter 10? Who does she meet there?

3. What does Margaret begin seeing in chapter 8? What is this a symptom of?

4. Who does Wanda see on the street in front of a vintage record store? What happens after she sees this person?

5. What is significant about the day Margaret's mother died? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of her mother's death?

6. What causes the decline of Stephen and Margaret's marriage?

7. For what reason does Margaret decide to invite another person to live in her house? What is this new roommate's profession?

8. What does Margaret think she hears Wanda doing in the bathroom during their initial interview? Why does Wanda do this?

9. What discussions does Margaret have with her doctor in chapter 10? What is the result of these discussions?

10. What was life like for Wanda when she lived with the Schultz family?

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