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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wanda resist Troy's advances in chapter 16?

2. What type of classes did one of the potential applicants for Margaret's roommate did the woman want to hold in the house?

3. What is Creative Visualization?

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

5. What on the walls of the coffee shop makes Margaret think of an unpleasant movie she once saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret Hughes decide to get a roommate? Who does she need to consult first?

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

3. Who is the first respondent to Margaret's ad for a roommate? Why does Margaret like this first respondent?

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

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

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

7. How is Daniel Hughes killed? What happens to Margaret in the aftermath of his death?

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

9. Who does Margaret take to the opening night of Wanda's play? What does Margaret give to Wanda after the play is over?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Margaret's son die? How did this death impact Margaret's life? Why did she become a recluse? Why does Margaret treat the objects in her home as though they are alive and a part of her family? Where did some of these objects come from? How does this knowledge affect Margaret? What does Margaret eventually do with these items? How does this inspire Wanda to become a collage artist? How does this change Margaret and Wanda's lives?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Detective Tink Lorenzini? Why does Wanda insist on taking on this persona? For what purpose? Who is Troy? How does Troy react to Wanda's desire to find Peter? Why does Wanda rush across the street in chapter 16? Who did she think she saw? Who did she really see? What happens to Wanda? Why does she refuse to speak after her recovery has begun? What does this say about Wanda's state of mind? How does this impact the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in detail, using quotes from "Broken for You" to support your conclusions:

1) Friendship

2) Grief and Loss

3) War Atrocities

4) Family.

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