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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. What did Margaret call her father?

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

3. What did Peter tell Wanda he needed to do with his life that led to their separation, as Wanda explains it in chapter 2?

4. Who features prominently in Margaret's dream in chapter 17?

5. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why do Margaret and Wanda begin breaking plates in chapter 13? What is the purpose?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened to Margaret's mother? When did she die? Why does Margaret begin to see her mother? What role did her mother play in Margaret's life when she was a child? Now, as Margaret is an adult? What does it say about Margaret's health that she is seeing dead people? What does it say about her state of mind? Why does Margaret see her mother? Why does she not see her father or others who have died in her life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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