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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. What book does Gina read obsessively during her pregnancy?

2. How often does Striker begin sharing the evening meal with Irma in chapter 21?

3. What does Michael, aka Striker, hope to draw on to get work in Seattle?

4. To what religion does Michael O'Casey say he owes his romantic life?

5. What does Striker hear as he continues to walk to Aloha Lanes at the end of chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In the beginning of Part Two, how does the narration change?

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

10. What picture does Striker have of his wife and how does this connect him with Wanda Schultz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Margaret meet Gus McPherson? What role does Gus play in Margaret's life? What gift does Margaret make to Wanda in chapter 12? What does this say about their changing relationship? Why does Margaret suddenly begin making friends and coming out of her reclusive lifestyle when she learns she is dying? What does this say about Margaret's character? Do Margaret's new friends know about her illness? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Detective Tink Lorenzini? Why does Wanda insist on taking on this persona? For what purpose? Who is Troy? How does Troy react to Wanda's desire to find Peter? Why does Wanda rush across the street in chapter 16? Who did she think she saw? Who did she really see? What happens to Wanda? Why does she refuse to speak after her recovery has begun? What does this say about Wanda's state of mind? How does this impact the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

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

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