Dalva Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

'Dalva', pg. 3-35.

1. Where does the story take place?

Santa Monica, California.

2. What year does the story take place?

1986.

3. To whom does Dalva write a journal?

Her son.

4. Who is Paul?

Dalva's uncle.

5. Who is Dalva's mother?

Naomi.

6. Who is Dalva's father?

John Wesley.

7. How did Dalva's father die?

In the Korean War.

8. How old was Dalva when her father died?

9.

9. Who reveals she has taken a lover?

Ruth.

10. Why is Ruth separated from her husband Ted?

Ted is gay.

11. How long have Ruth and Ted been separated?

15 years.

12. Who has an affair with a priest?

Ruth.

13. Who is Michael?

Dalva's boyfriend.

14. What is Michael's job?

History professor.

15. Who does Dalva say has issues?

Michael.

16. Who worked with troubled teens?

Dalva.

17. Who snuck away from a hospital and...
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