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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Michael take Gina to meet early in their relationship?
2. Who is Jerry?
3. What does Gina destroy shortly before the birth of her daughter?
4. Why does Michael O'Casey like bowling alleys?
5. What is 'Blues in the Night'?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the beginning of Part Two, how does the narration change?
2. What does Striker see in the street in chapter 22? How does this make Striker feel?
3. What is Yeats and what does it stand for in Striker's life?
4. What character seems to tell Striker how he can pull Irma out of her depression in chapter 21?
5. Why does Michael leave his daughter and go in search of his missing wife in chapter 19?
6. Why is Michael forced to quit college after marrying Gina?
7. What car accident does Striker witness in chapter 22? How is this ironic?
8. What happens soon after the dinner Striker shares with Irma and her husband, Sammy?
9. How does Striker feel about religion, as the reader learns in chapter 21?
10. What story does Irma Kosminsky tell Striker over dinner in chapter 21?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Margaret begin searching for the owner of the single tea cup her father stole from a Jewish child? How does Margaret find out the name of the owner? How does Margaret go about contacting the true owner? What does she learn about the owner? Who is the owner? How does this action bring Michael to Margaret's house? When does Wanda learn that Michael is her father? How does Michael learn the truth? How do they react to one another?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following relationships in detail, including ways in which they have changed as the novel's plot has progressed, using quotes from "Broken for You" to support your conclusions:
1) Wanda and Margaret
2) Wanda and Troy
3) Michael and Irma
4) Margaret and her roommates
Essay Topic 3
What happened to Margaret's mother? When did she die? Why does Margaret begin to see her mother? What role did her mother play in Margaret's life when she was a child? Now, as Margaret is an adult? What does it say about Margaret's health that she is seeing dead people? What does it say about her state of mind? Why does Margaret see her mother? Why does she not see her father or others who have died in her life?
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