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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 is the one thing the guest in Room 213 leaves behind in an otherwise clean room?
2. What had Marie convinced Naseem do to save she and other maids time?
3. What were the reasons for the seven deaths at the motel during Marie's time working there?
4. Where does Marie keep her postcard from Evie?
5. What phrase does Marie use to describe her work, which Father James says can describe people also?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did Marie convince the former motel owner to put wooden platforms under the motel room beds?
3. What "self-defense behavior" (1) does Marie enact before entering a room and why?
4. Who is Olga? Why did she leave the motel?
5. Why did Evie and Marie lose touch? What was the last correspondence the two had?
6. What are some of the tragic things that had happened in the motel during Marie's time working there?
7. What are some things that Marie's coworkers had done to her during her time working at the motel?
8. What state is Room 213, the first room Marie cleans in the story? What is in it that she dislikes?
9. What is meant by "the illusion of clean" (3) in regards to Marie's work?
10. What are some of the things Marie has grown accustomed to seeing and having to clean in her line of work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a novel. What are some genres that could be used to classify this story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." similar or different from his other works?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
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