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

2. What is the point of view used in chapter 1 of part 1?

3. What does Margaret break while waiting for Wanda to return from the bathroom in chapter 2?

4. Why did Margaret think Daniel was killed?

5. Who is Troy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What brought Wanda to Seattle? Why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Wanda Schultz? Why is she so depressed? What happened to Wanda's ex-lover? What happened to Wanda's parents? Why was Wanda adopted? What does Wanda do for a career? What does Margaret call Wanda? Why? Why does Wanda keep searching for her ex-lover? What happens when Troy tries to help her? Who did Wanda really see when she thought she saw Peter? How is Wanda injured? Why does she refuse to speak?

Essay Topic 2

Wanda was adopted by her aunt and uncle. Examine this family. How does Wanda fit in with this surrogate family? How many siblings are there? Why does one of the children resent Wanda? How does Wanda feel about that? How did losing her parents impact Wanda? How has Wanda's past shaped her present? Why is Wanda so obsessed with her ex-lover? Why does Wanda believe the unsigned postcard is from her ex-lover?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Gina? Why does she marry Michael? Why does she insist that she cannot have children? What happens when she does have a child? How does Michael respond to his wife's inability to deal with their child? How does Michael respond when Gina leaves him and his daughter? Why did Michael put his entire life on hold for this one woman? Where has his search for Gina taken Michael? To which character does Michael's obsession with his wife compare? How do they compare?

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