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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair does Irma Kominsky have?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Blue.

2. What point of view does the author use in chapter 18?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

3. What does Striker read on Easter Sunday?
(a) Pound.
(b) Frost.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Hughes.

4. What does Gina destroy shortly before the birth of her daughter?
(a) Michael's school books.
(b) All her paintings.
(c) All her paintbrushes.
(d) Michael's poetry.

5. What mode of transportation does the character in chapter 18 use?
(a) City bus.
(b) An old jalopy.
(c) Greyhound bus.
(d) Airplane.

6. What is 'Blues in the Night'?
(a) Maureen's favorite song.
(b) Gina's favorite song.
(c) Wanda's favorite lullaby.
(d) Michael and Gina's song.

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

8. Why does Michael stop sending postcards to Maureen to let her know where he was in chapter 19?
(a) To avoid her lectures.
(b) To help Wanda forget him.
(c) To avoid his creditors.
(d) To punish her for stealing his child.

9. Who shows Striker where to find Irma's hair dye kit in chapter 21?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Lucie.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Sammy.

10. Why does Michael begin taking Wanda to work with him?
(a) She broke her arm.
(b) She wants to be with her father.
(c) She needs extra help with learning to speak.
(d) She is lonely at home.

11. How long has Michael been searching for his wife, as mentioned in chapter 20?
(a) Thirty-seven years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Twenty-seven years.
(d) Thirty years.

12. What makes Aloha Lanes unique in the Greenwood Avenue neighborhood where it stands?
(a) It is the last independently owned bowling alley.
(b) It is the only bowling alley.
(c) It is a league only bowling alley.
(d) It is a Hawaiian-themed bowling alley.

13. Who is Sammy?
(a) Irma's husband.
(b) Irma's son.
(c) Irma's cousin.
(d) Irma's cat.

14. In chapter 22, what does Striker see across the street as he walks to Aloha Lanes?
(a) A child looking for his mother.
(b) A woman crying.
(c) A couple arguing.
(d) A dog scrounging for food.

15. Who is Maurice?
(a) Irma's crippled cat.
(b) Irma's hamster.
(c) Irma's rescued rat.
(d) Irma's deaf dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What television show does Irma and Striker watch after dinner in chapter 21?

2. Who is Jerry?

3. How many Schultz children are their at the time in which Michael and Gina first meet?

4. What role does Striker imagine himself playing in the midst of a car accident at the end of chapter 22?

5. What does Striker mark N/A on his job application in chapter 20?

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