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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 does Marie soon do after seeing a naked guest emerge from the bathroom?
2. Who is the author of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"?
3. Where does Evie say she is moving to when she abruptly quit work?
4. Where does Marie keep her postcard from Evie?
5. What is the one thing the guest in Room 213 leaves behind in an otherwise clean room?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Christine? How does Marie feel about her life when they run into each other at a mall?
2. 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?
3. Why did Marie convince the former motel owner to put wooden platforms under the motel room beds?
4. Who is the main character of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest"? Where is her occupation? How long has she been there?
5. What are some of the tragic things that had happened in the motel during Marie's time working there?
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 things Marie has grown accustomed to seeing and having to clean in her line of work?
8. What state is Room 213, the first room Marie cleans in the story? What is in it that she dislikes?
9. Who is Olga? Why did she leave the motel?
10. Why did Evie and Marie lose touch? What was the last correspondence the two had?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about why Marie stays at the motel for so long when so many others have come and gone over the years.
Essay Topic 2
Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining Evie's postcard as a symbol in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." In what scenes does the postcard appear? What is the context? How does the postcard develop the narrative?
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