Quiz Margo's Got Money Troubles Rufi Thorpe

Margo's Got Money Troubles Quiz: 20 Questions on Plot, Characters, and Themes

Test your knowledge of Margo's Got Money Troubles with this 20-question quiz covering plot, characters, themes, and big-picture ideas. Each question is based on the novel's events and themes. After the quiz, you'll find a full answer key with explanations. For more help, see our study guide, questions and answers, and ending explained.

Quiz Questions

Plot & Sequence (Questions 1–8)

1. At the novel's start, what event does Tessa host for Margo?

  • A) A baby shower with a penis-shaped cake

  • B) A wedding shower

  • C) A graduation party

  • D) A birthday party

2. What name does Margo choose for her baby? (Short answer)

3. After Tessa fires Margo, what does Margo do to get by?

  • A) She moves in with her mother

  • B) She files for unemployment

  • C) She starts a GoFundMe

  • D) She asks Mark for money

4. In Chapter Five, what does Mark's mother Elizabeth offer Margo in exchange for signing an NDA?

  • A) $5,000 and a car

  • B) $15,000 and a $50,000 trust for Bodhi

  • C) $20,000 and a college fund

  • D) $10,000 and a monthly allowance

5. What is the username Margo creates for her OnlyFans account? (Short answer)

6. What viral moment brings Margo a flood of new subscribers?

  • A) A TikTok with a Bruno Mars GIF

  • B) A podcast appearance with Rose and KC

  • C) A video of Jinx cooking lasagna

  • D) A collaboration with WangMangler

7. Who makes the anonymous CPS call that triggers the home inspection?

  • A) Mark

  • B) Becca

  • C) Kenny

  • D) Shyanne

8. What does Margo do with the $15,000 from Elizabeth?

  • A) She pays off her rent and buys a car

  • B) She deposits it and feels both relieved and degraded

  • C) She gives it to Jinx for rehab

  • D) She spends it on baby supplies

Character Motivation (Questions 9–13)

9. Why does Margo decide to keep the baby despite pressure from her mother and Mark? (Short answer)

10. Why does Jinx initially react angrily to Margo's OnlyFans success?

  • A) He worries about legal trouble

  • B) He thinks sex work is degrading and forbids it

  • C) He is jealous of her attention

  • D) He wants her to focus on real estate

11. Why does Margo agree to sign the NDA and accept Elizabeth's offer?

  • A) She wants to protect Mark's career

  • B) She is financially desperate and needs money for rent and Bodhi

  • C) She hopes to reconcile with Mark

  • D) She wants to avoid a custody battle

12. Why does Shyanne disinvite Margo from the Vegas wedding?

  • A) She is angry about Margo's fight with Becca

  • B) She is ashamed of Margo's OnlyFans work being exposed

  • C) She wants Margo to focus on her custody case

  • D) She thinks Margo will ruin the wedding

13. Why does JB propose a business partnership instead of a romantic relationship?

  • A) He is already married

  • B) He thinks they shouldn't be romantically involved but wants to work together

  • C) He wants to keep their relationship online only

  • D) He is moving away

Theme & Symbol (Questions 14–17)

14. What does the blue stroller that Margo buys at Goodwill symbolize?

  • A) Her independence and determination to provide for Bodhi

  • B) Her regret about having a baby

  • C) Her dependence on her mother

  • D) Her desire to return to college

15. In the novel, what does the “hungry ghost” persona represent?

  • A) Margo's insatiable need for money and validation

  • B) The emptiness of consumer culture

  • C) The way online audiences consume content creators

  • D) All of the above

16. What does the Roomba Rigoberto symbolize in Margo's viral video?

  • A) The loss of control and the performance of submission

  • B) The power of technology

  • C) Margo's desire for a robot companion

  • D) The absurdity of modern life

17. How does the novel use wrestling (kayfabe) as a metaphor? (Short answer)

Synthesis (Questions 18–20)

18. Compare Margo's relationship with her mother Shyanne to her relationship with her father Jinx. How do they differ? (Short answer)

19. How does the novel challenge societal judgments about sex work and single motherhood? Provide an example. (Short answer)

20. What role does storytelling and narrative control play in Margo's survival? (Short answer)

Answer Key

1. A) A baby shower with a penis-shaped cake.

Explanation: The novel opens with Tessa hosting a baby shower for Margo, featuring a cake shaped like a penis that spurts pudding, which makes Margo cry in the bathroom.

2. Bodhi.

Explanation: Margo names her baby Bodhi, a choice mocked by a nurse in the hospital.

3. B) She files for unemployment.

Explanation: After Tessa fires her, Margo files for unemployment and receives $1,236 monthly, as detailed in Chapter Four.

4. B) $15,000 and a $50,000 trust for Bodhi.

Explanation: Elizabeth offers $15,000 immediately and a $50,000 trust for Bodhi at age eighteen, in exchange for Margo signing an NDA and cutting contact with Mark.

5. HungryGhost.

Explanation: Margo creates her OnlyFans account under the username HungryGhost in Chapter Six.

6. A) A TikTok with a Bruno Mars GIF.

Explanation: In Chapter Fifteen, a TikTok clip featuring a Bruno Mars GIF goes viral, bringing many new subscribers.

7. C) Kenny.

Explanation: In Chapter Twenty-Four, Shyanne reveals that Kenny called CPS on Margo and pressured Shyanne to go along.

8. B) She deposits it and feels both relieved and degraded.

Explanation: Margo deposits the check, feels gross and degraded, but also extremely happy because she has $15,000 to support herself and Bodhi.

9. She can't picture going through with the abortion; she cancels the appointment and keeps the ultrasound photo.

Explanation: Margo schedules an abortion but cancels it because she can't imagine going through with it, and she keeps the ultrasound photo as a keepsake.

10. B) He thinks sex work is degrading and forbids it.

Explanation: Jinx argues that sex work is degrading and forbids Margo from continuing, though he later apologizes and accepts her choice.

11. B) She is financially desperate and needs money for rent and Bodhi.

Explanation: Margo is ten days from rent due and has no other options; she signs the NDA to get the money and secure Bodhi's future.

12. B) She is ashamed of Margo's OnlyFans work being exposed.

Explanation: After SlutSleuth doxxes Margo, Shyanne texts her, disinviting her from Vegas and expressing shame.

13. B) He thinks they shouldn't be romantically involved but wants to work together.

Explanation: JB tells Margo he doesn't think they should be romantically involved, then proposes a business partnership using machine learning and targeted ads.

14. A) Her independence and determination to provide for Bodhi.

Explanation: Margo buys the blue stroller herself at Goodwill, refusing child support from Mark, symbolizing her self-reliance as a mother.

15. D) All of the above.

Explanation: The hungry ghost motif ties to Margo's own desires, the consumer culture of online platforms, and the way fans consume creators—all central to the novel.

16. A) The loss of control and the performance of submission.

Explanation: In the Rigoberto video, the Roomba controls Margo's actions, symbolizing the surrender of agency and the performative nature of her online persona.

17. It represents the blur between performance and reality, the construction of personas, and the idea that identity is a performance.

Explanation: Jinx explains kayfabe, and Margo applies it to her own life, seeing how people can be “face” or “heel” depending on what details are shown.

18. Shyanne is judgmental and often absent, while Jinx becomes a supportive, if flawed, presence who helps with childcare and business advice.

Explanation: Shyanne repeatedly fails Margo (refusing childcare, calling CPS), while Jinx moves in, helps with Bodhi, and encourages her OnlyFans business despite his initial objections.

19. The novel portrays Margo's OnlyFans work as a legitimate economic survival strategy, critiquing the shame placed on her by others, such as Shyanne and the CPS system.

Explanation: Margo's work provides financial stability, and the novel shows the hypocrisy of those who judge her while she is simply trying to support her child.

20. Margo uses lies and personas (like the fictional family for JB, the HungryGhost persona) to protect herself and gain agency, and the novel emphasizes the power of controlling one's own narrative.

Explanation: From inventing a fake family for JB to crafting her online persona, Margo controls how others see her, which becomes a survival tool in a world that judges her harshly.

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