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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. Who is Rudy Hahn?
(a) The manager of the city bus line.
(b) The manager of the YMCA.
(c) The manager of the Safeway.
(d) The manager of Aloha Lanes.

2. What does Michael notice is a pattern in Gina's art?
(a) She draws herself as an saint.
(b) She draws herself sallow and without varnish.
(c) She draws herself plump and distorted.
(d) She draws herself prettier than she is.

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

4. What book does Gina read obsessively during her pregnancy?
(a) The Secret Garden.
(b) Willy Wonka and the Glass Elevator.
(c) Dr. Spock.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does the author compare her character to in chapter 18?

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

4. Who is Jerry?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Striker celebrate Easter in chapter 22?

3. How does the author draw parallels between Striker and Irma concerning their painful pasts?

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

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

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

7. What character seems to tell Striker how he can pull Irma out of her depression in chapter 21?

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

9. Who is M.J. Striker and why has he come to work at the Aloha Lanes bowling alley in chapter 20?

10. How do the Hawaiian shirts becomes something of a symbol between Striker and Irma in chapter 21?

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