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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Roxie?
(a) A troubled girl Striker begins to work with.
(b) A friend of Irma's.
(c) Joyce's daughter.
(d) A cousin of Jerry's.

2. What is the author describing in the prologue?
(a) Wanda's small YMCA room.
(b) The bowling alley where Striker works.
(c) Irma's small apartment.
(d) Margaret's sleeping house.

3. Who does Michael take Gina to meet early in their relationship?
(a) Art, his brother.
(b) Wanda, his cousin.
(c) Maureen, his sister.
(d) Jerry, his uncle.

4. What does Margaret believe, as explained in chapter 24, will help make atonement for the atrocities she and her father committed by profiting from the belongings of the Jews in Germany during World War II?
(a) Returning the antiques to their rightful owners.
(b) Giving away the antiques.
(c) Selling the antiques.
(d) Breaking all the antiques.

5. What does Cassandra tell Margaret her father thought of Germans?
(a) They were brutish.
(b) They were highly intelligent.
(c) They were artists.
(d) They were unsophisticated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of all of Wanda's mosaics at the beginning of her career?

2. What is unique about the group of women Striker sees in the bowling alley in chapter 20?

3. What does Cassandra tell Margaret she looks like in chapter 10?

4. How does the author suggest meeting in a bowling alley is a good metaphor for Micheal's relationship with Gina?

5. What picture does Margaret take from her wallet and study while in the coffee shop in chapter 1?

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