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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Michael take a photograph of Gina and Wanda in the bowling alley that he liked so much he ordered two prints?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1985.

2. To what ceremony does Striker chose to wear the Hawaiian shirt Irma gave to him?
(a) Sammy's cremation.
(b) Irma's wedding.
(c) Sammy's funeral.
(d) Irma's funeral.

3. What does Gina destroy shortly before the birth of her daughter?
(a) All her paintings.
(b) All her paintbrushes.
(c) Michael's school books.
(d) Michael's poetry.

4. What point of view does the author use in chapter 18?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Limited omniscient.
(d) Second person.

5. What does Striker mark N/A on his job application in chapter 20?
(a) Previous job.
(b) Education.
(c) Address and social security number.
(d) Next of kin and emergency contact.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What language does Irma sing in prior to beginning dinner in chapter 21?

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

5. How long does Striker promise in chapter 20 to remain at his new job should he be hired?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author draw parallels between Wanda Schultz and M.J. Striker in part two?

2. What symbolic item is mentioned in chapter 18 that is related to a similar item symbolically important to Wanda Schultz?

3. How does Striker feel about religion, as the reader learns in chapter 21?

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

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

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

7. What car accident does Striker witness in chapter 22? How is this ironic?

8. Why does Gina become pregnant soon after marrying Michael even though she has told him she does not wish to have children?

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

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

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