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

2. Who does Susan bring with her in chapter 15 when she comes to interview to be Margaret and Wanda's new roommate?
(a) The children she cares for.
(b) Her husband and two children.
(c) Her cousin and boyfriend.
(d) Her former roommates.

3. Why does Margaret refuse to have chemotherapy or radiation treatments for her illness?
(a) She is afraid.
(b) She is suicidal.
(c) She does believe she is sick.
(d) She has things to do.

4. How did Irma meet her current husband?
(a) He was a fellow prisoner at the concentration camp.
(b) He was an immigration official.
(c) He was a soldier with the Allies.
(d) He was a gardener at her childhood home.

5. What language does Irma sing in prior to beginning dinner in chapter 21?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Aloha Lanes unique in the Greenwood Avenue neighborhood where it stands?

2. What nickname does Margaret give to Wanda in chapter 13?

3. What were Irma and her daughter doing the day the Germans came and took them away?

4. What item does the author suggest you might pick up off a desk in the prologue?

5. Who offers to help Michael and Gina with baby Wanda?

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