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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 occurred in the motel 5 times while Marie worked there?
(a) Marie quit.
(b) Animal sacrifices.
(c) Movie stars stayed there.
(d) Police raids.

2. What were the reasons for the seven deaths at the motel during Marie's time working there?
(a) 4 overdoses and 3 satanic rituals.
(b) 5 heart attacks, one stabbing, and one suicide.
(c) Three murders and four suicides.
(d) Four heart attacks, two overdoses, one drunk woman fell over a railing.

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

4. What does Marie learn of her former coworker Christine when they bump into each other at a mall?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is transgender.
(c) She is homeless.
(d) She is a lesbian.

5. Who owns the motel where Marie works?
(a) Narif.
(b) Hassan.
(c) Naseem.
(d) Arim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Marie dread cleaning Room 144 after Room 213?

3. What type of scented soap does Marie use to clean the motel room?

4. What did one of the patrons who had been staying in Room 144 do outside the motel earlier?

5. What is one thing Marie is no longer bothered by seeing after many years of working in the same industry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Evie and Marie lose touch? What was the last correspondence the two had?

8. 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?

9. Who is Olga? Why did she leave the motel?

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

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