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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Maurice?
(a) Irma's crippled cat.
(b) Irma's hamster.
(c) Irma's deaf dog.
(d) Irma's rescued rat.
2. Who does Michael take Gina to meet early in their relationship?
(a) Jerry, his uncle.
(b) Art, his brother.
(c) Maureen, his sister.
(d) Wanda, his cousin.
3. What point of view does the author use in chapter 18?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Limited omniscient.
4. To whom does Irma say a lone tea cup she displays in her living room belonged?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughter, Lucie.
(c) Her son, Saul.
(d) Her cousin.
5. What does Gina destroy shortly before the birth of her daughter?
(a) All her paintings.
(b) Michael's school books.
(c) Michael's poetry.
(d) All her paintbrushes.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many Schultz children are their at the time in which Michael and Gina first meet?
2. What does the character in chapter 18 regret mailing?
3. How does the author suggest meeting in a bowling alley is a good metaphor for Micheal's relationship with Gina?
4. Who does Striker see getting out of an SUV on the street after a car accident in chapter 22?
5. In chapter 22, what does Striker see across the street as he walks to Aloha Lanes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is M.J. Striker and why has he come to work at the Aloha Lanes bowling alley in chapter 20?
2. Why does Gina become pregnant soon after marrying Michael even though she has told him she does not wish to have children?
3. What story does Irma Kosminsky tell Striker over dinner in chapter 21?
4. Why does Michael leave his daughter and go in search of his missing wife in chapter 19?
5. What character seems to tell Striker how he can pull Irma out of her depression in chapter 21?
6. In the beginning of Part Two, how does the narration change?
7. What picture does Striker have of his wife and how does this connect him with Wanda Schultz?
8. What does Striker see in the street in chapter 22? How does this make Striker feel?
9. How does the author draw parallels between Wanda Schultz and M.J. Striker in part two?
10. Why is Michael forced to quit college after marrying Gina?
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