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

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

3. What type of social program does Striker begin at Aloha Lanes in chapter 21?
(a) A job placement program for teenagers.
(b) A free weekend bowl for kids.
(c) A discount day care center.
(d) Free games in exchange for guns.

4. How does the author suggest meeting in a bowling alley is a good metaphor for Micheal's relationship with Gina?
(a) It is a soundtrack of collision.
(b) It is one of their favorite places.
(c) It is a place where happiness is inevitable.
(d) It is a dangerous and moody place.

5. Who offers to help Michael and Gina with baby Wanda?
(a) Art.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael notice is a pattern in Gina's art?

2. What does Striker call Irma in the privacy of his own mind in chapter 22?

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

4. Who shows Striker where to find Irma's hair dye kit in chapter 21?

5. To whom does Irma say a lone tea cup she displays in her living room belonged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What odd behaviors on the part of Gina Lorenzini does Michael O'Casey overlook due to his amorous feelings for her?

2. What is Yeats and what does it stand for in Striker's life?

3. How does the author draw parallels between Wanda Schultz and M.J. Striker in part two?

4. Who is M.J. Striker and why has he come to work at the Aloha Lanes bowling alley in chapter 20?

5. What does Striker see in the street in chapter 22? How does this make Striker feel?

6. How does the author draw parallels between Striker and Irma concerning their painful pasts?

7. What character seems to tell Striker how he can pull Irma out of her depression in chapter 21?

8. How does Wanda's knowledge of her parents' relationship compare with what Striker has revealed to the reader in part two of the novel?

9. Why does Gina become pregnant soon after marrying Michael even though she has told him she does not wish to have children?

10. What story does Irma Kosminsky tell Striker over dinner in chapter 21?

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