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

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

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

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

5. Where does Marie receive a postcard from Evie saying she is "halfway there!" (2)?
(a) Portland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Reno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?

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

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

4. What occurred in the motel 5 times while Marie worked there?

5. What object does Marie replace in the bathroom that is said to have "dementia" (3)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meant by "the illusion of clean" (3) in regards to Marie's work?

2. What are some of the things Marie has grown accustomed to seeing and having to clean in her line of work?

3. Who is Christine? How does Marie feel about her life when they run into each other at a mall?

4. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"? Where is her occupation? How long has she been there?

5. What "self-defense behavior" (1) does Marie enact before entering a room and why?

6. What are some things that Marie's coworkers had done to her during her time working at the motel?

7. What are some of the tragic things that had happened in the motel during Marie's time working there?

8. Why did Marie convince the former motel owner to put wooden platforms under the motel room beds?

9. What state is Room 213, the first room Marie cleans in the story? What is in it that she dislikes?

10. Why did Marie run from a room laughing after seeing a guest when she though the room was vacant? How did Evie react when Marie told her?

(see the answer keys)

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