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

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

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

4. 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 doctors.
(b) They are all registered nurses.
(c) They are all in theater.
(d) They are all college students.

5. What is the first room Margaret shows Wanda in chapter 2?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What picture does Wanda put into her backpack in chapter 3?

3. Who is Troy?

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

5. What does Margaret have a strong impulse to call the valet at the Hotel Orleans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What role does Stephen play in Margaret's life now that the two are divorced?

4. Why does Wanda interview the clerk at a second hand record store? Who does she pretend to be?

5. Why does the author introduce a dream that both Wanda and Margaret are having in chapter 7?

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

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

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

9. Why does Margaret insist on allow Wanda to use her car? Why does Wanda hesitate?

10. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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