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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Margaret she should not allow Wanda to borrow her car in chapter 8?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Susan.

3. What point of view is used in the prologue of the novel?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

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) Lucie.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Sammy.

5. What is the author describing in the prologue?
(a) The bowling alley where Striker works.
(b) Margaret's sleeping house.
(c) Wanda's small YMCA room.
(d) Irma's small apartment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oscar Hauptmann tell Margaret caused the death of her mother?

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

4. What type of jewelry does Striker notice Rudy wearing at the their initial meeting?

5. What does the waitress at the coffee shop in chapter 1 suggest she would do if she learned she had a short time to live?

(see the answer key)

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