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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. After the rape, to where do the Speights say they are moving?

2. What does Mr. Pucci's roommate call him?

3. What does Mr. Pucci call Dolores?

4. What are the names of Dottie's fish?

5. How does Dolores get away with riding with Jack after school so often?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brings Dolores and Dante back together after she kicks him out of the house?

2. Why does Dolores want to go to Cape Cod?

3. How does Dolores find Dante when she returns home from work early?

4. Why does Dolores kill Dottie's fish?

5. How do both Dolores and Jack react immediately after the rape takes place?

6. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

7. How does Dante act towards Dolores while at her Grandmother's house?

8. How does Dolores treat Kippy after her accident?

9. Why does Dolores' mother want her to go to college?

10. How does Dottie feel about Dolores?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the mourning processes that Dolores experiences with her mother and grandmother's deaths similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the emotional breakdowns of both Dolores and her mother.

Essay Topic 3

How has Dolores sexuality developed or withered concurrently with her emotional development?

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