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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) Pound.
(b) Frost.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Hughes.
2. What book does Gina read obsessively during her pregnancy?
(a) The Secret Garden.
(b) Dr. Spock.
(c) Willy Wonka and the Glass Elevator.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.
3. Over what business does Gina live in chapter 19?
(a) An Italian restaurant.
(b) A convenience store.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A bookstore.
4. What does Gina destroy shortly before the birth of her daughter?
(a) Michael's poetry.
(b) All her paintbrushes.
(c) Michael's school books.
(d) All her paintings.
5. How long before Wanda and Margaret meet does part 2 begin?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) A few months.
(d) A year.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Michael O'Casey like bowling alleys?
2. Who sends Striker to Irma's apartment in chapter 21 after she fails to show up at the bowling alley on her usual day?
3. What language does Irma sing in prior to beginning dinner in chapter 21?
4. What does Michael notice is a pattern in Gina's art?
5. Who shows Striker where to find Irma's hair dye kit in chapter 21?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Striker see in the street in chapter 22? How does this make Striker feel?
2. How does the author draw parallels between Wanda Schultz and M.J. Striker in part two?
3. Why does Michael leave his daughter and go in search of his missing wife in chapter 19?
4. Who is M.J. Striker and why has he come to work at the Aloha Lanes bowling alley in chapter 20?
5. In the beginning of Part Two, how does the narration change?
6. How does Wanda's knowledge of her parents' relationship compare with what Striker has revealed to the reader in part two of the novel?
7. How do the Hawaiian shirts becomes something of a symbol between Striker and Irma in chapter 21?
8. What symbolic item is mentioned in chapter 18 that is related to a similar item symbolically important to Wanda Schultz?
9. What car accident does Striker witness in chapter 22? How is this ironic?
10. Why does Gina become pregnant soon after marrying Michael even though she has told him she does not wish to have children?
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