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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the author compare her character to in chapter 18?

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

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

4. What feature sits prominently in the lobby of Aloha Lanes?

5. What illness does Rudy claim to have in chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Michael leave his daughter and go in search of his missing wife in chapter 19?

2. What happens soon after the dinner Striker shares with Irma and her husband, Sammy?

3. In the beginning of Part Two, how does the narration change?

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

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

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

7. Why is Michael forced to quit college after marrying Gina?

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

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

10. What picture does Striker have of his wife and how does this connect him with Wanda Schultz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail, using quotes from "Broken for You" to support your conclusions:

1) Margaret and Wanda

2) Margaret and Cassandra

3) Margaret and Stephen

4) Margaret and her father.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Wanda Schultz? Why is she so depressed? What happened to Wanda's ex-lover? What happened to Wanda's parents? Why was Wanda adopted? What does Wanda do for a career? What does Margaret call Wanda? Why? Why does Wanda keep searching for her ex-lover? What happens when Troy tries to help her? Who did Wanda really see when she thought she saw Peter? How is Wanda injured? Why does she refuse to speak?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Detective Tink Lorenzini? Why does Wanda insist on taking on this persona? For what purpose? Who is Troy? How does Troy react to Wanda's desire to find Peter? Why does Wanda rush across the street in chapter 16? Who did she think she saw? Who did she really see? What happens to Wanda? Why does she refuse to speak after her recovery has begun? What does this say about Wanda's state of mind? How does this impact the people around her?

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