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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Marie replace in the bathroom that is said to have "dementia" (3)?
(a) The toilet paper roll.
(b) The shower liner.
(c) The towels.
(d) The bath mat.

2. Why did one of Marie's former coworkers go to prison for four years?
(a) She committed statutory rape at the motel.
(b) She robbed Naseem at gunpoint.
(c) She tried to kill a motel guest.
(d) She was selling drugs to motel guests.

3. What term did Marie use in Bible study when referring to Satan?
(a) Stinky Shoes.
(b) Old Onions.
(c) Rotten Meat.
(d) Old Socks.

4. What did Marie once see while she was cleaning a room that was supposed to be vacant?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A dead snake.
(c) A naked man.
(d) An abandoned child.

5. What is one thing Marie is no longer bothered by seeing after many years of working in the same industry?
(a) Used condoms.
(b) Nudity.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Abandoned children.

6. What is the name of the front desk clerk that Marie was friends with at work?
(a) Evie.
(b) Emmy.
(c) Ella.
(d) Eleanor.

7. What had Marie convinced Naseem do to save she and other maids time?
(a) Allow them to reuse bed linens.
(b) Only clean ever other day.
(c) Buy a robot vacuum.
(d) Put wooden platforms under each bed.

8. Why does Marie dread cleaning Room 144 after Room 213?
(a) It is the largest room in the motel.
(b) A rock band was staying there.
(c) There was a bachelorette party there.
(d) There were four children in that room.

9. What did one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?
(a) Defecate on the sidewalk.
(b) Pass out drunk.
(c) Yell at passersby.
(d) Throw up.

10. Where does Evie say she is moving to when she abruptly quit work?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Alaska.

11. What does Marie repeat when entering a room after check-out time?
(a) Hello!
(b) Housekeeping.
(c) Anybody here?
(d) YooHoo!

12. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?
(a) Margo.
(b) Mel.
(c) Marie.
(d) Martha.

13. Where does Marie keep her postcard from Evie?
(a) In her purse.
(b) In her desk.
(c) On her refrigerator.
(d) On her cleaning cart.

14. What does Marie soon do after seeing a naked guest emerge from the bathroom?
(a) Confessed to Father James.
(b) Quit her job.
(c) Told her husband.
(d) Complained to her boss.

15. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?
(a) The obsession with perfection.
(b) The delusion of honor.
(c) The illusion of power.
(d) The illusion of clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the main character occasionally use when addressing God?

2. Where does Marie receive a postcard from Evie saying she is "halfway there!" (2)?

3. How long does it take Marie to clean the first, tidy room she cleans in the story?

4. What things did Marie have stolen from her by coworkers over the years?

5. What is the one thing the guest in Room 213 leaves behind in an otherwise clean room?

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