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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Striker hear as he continues to walk to Aloha Lanes at the end of chapter 22?
(a) Someone calling a name, not his.
(b) Someone calling for their father.
(c) Someone arguing.
(d) A child crying.

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

4. Who sends Striker to Irma's apartment in chapter 21 after she fails to show up at the bowling alley on her usual day?
(a) Rudy.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Lucie.

5. What is primary or residual clay?
(a) Clay that is used first.
(b) Clay that has never been moved from its origin.
(c) Clay that makes porcelain.
(d) Clay that is in its purest form.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view does the author use in chapter 18?

2. How does the author suggest meeting in a bowling alley is a good metaphor for Micheal's relationship with Gina?

3. Why does Michael stop sending postcards to Maureen to let her know where he was in chapter 19?

4. Why does Michael begin taking Wanda to work with him?

5. Who does Striker see getting out of an SUV on the street after a car accident in chapter 22?

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