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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who returned Lucie's tea cup to Irma after the Allies liberated the concentration camps during World War II?
(a) An old neighbor of Irma's before the war.
(b) An Allied soldier.
(c) An immigration official.
(d) Irma's grandmother.

2. Why does Troy rebuff Wanda's advances in chapter 26?
(a) He does not want to hurt her after her accident.
(b) He wants children, but Wanda can no longer have kids.
(c) He wants more than a casual affair.
(d) He does not like her anymore.

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

4. What were Irma and her daughter doing the day the Germans came and took them away?
(a) Playing with dolls.
(b) Studying Mein Kampf.
(c) Playing tea party.
(d) Reading fairy tales.

5. Who moves into Margaret's house to help with the construction projects as well as Wanda's art projects?
(a) Striker.
(b) Troy.
(c) Rudy.
(d) Irma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every three months Margaret has a CT scan to watch her brain tumor's growth. What is the verdict each time?

2. Who does Wanda hope to see at the gallery opening in chapter 26?

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

4. What is one of the ways Margaret feels in chapter 6 that Wanda has brought new life to her house?

5. What on the walls of the coffee shop makes Margaret think of an unpleasant movie she once saw?

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