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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the rape, to where do the Speights say they are moving?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) They do not tell anyone they are leaving.
(d) Toledo.

2. How does Dolores get away with riding with Jack after school so often?
(a) She says that she joined the Bulletin Board Club.
(b) She says that she joined cheerleading.
(c) She says that she is getting tutoring.
(d) She says that she is babysitting.

3. What is the name of Norma French's boyfriend?
(a) Lou.
(b) Kenny.
(c) Troy.
(d) Sam.

4. What is the first thing that Dolores' college roommate says after arriving at the dorm?
(a) She forgot the curtains.
(b) She misses her boyfriend.
(c) She hates Dolores.
(d) The room smells.

5. What does Dolores' mother do instead of attending the interview with the pest control company?
(a) Visit her ex-husband.
(b) Go to a bar.
(c) Dye her hair.
(d) Visit the mental hospital.

6. After Dolores has the first conversation with her father since moving in with her grandmother, what does she request of her grandmother?
(a) She wants to change the phone number.
(b) She wants to be home schooled.
(c) She wants to be held.
(d) She never wants her to speak of her father again.

7. What does Dolores' mother paint for her?
(a) A tulip afire.
(b) A swimming pool in the desert.
(c) A leg with parakeet wings.
(d) A portrait of the two.

8. What secret does Jack confide in Dolores?
(a) He killed a man.
(b) Rita is pregnant.
(c) He loves Dolores' mother.
(d) He is a poet.

9. What evidence does Marcia give Naomi for not being prejudiced?
(a) Her parents voted for Kennedy.
(b) She owns Dionne Warwick albums.
(c) She had a black nanny.
(d) She has kissed a black man.

10. What illness does Dolores claim she suffers from in order to get out of classes in high school?
(a) Cramps.
(b) Migraines.
(c) Stomach problems.
(d) Toothaches.

11. How does Dolores get to Mr. Pucci's house while her Grandmother is on vacation?
(a) She takes the bus.
(b) The wallpaper man gives her a ride.
(c) She rides her bike.
(d) She takes a cab.

12. What do the Pysyk twins accuse Dolores of before they get into the fight in the convenience store?
(a) Being poor.
(b) Having bugs.
(c) Being a virgin.
(d) Looking at the dirty magazines.

13. What does Larry find growing in Dolores' backyard?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Corriander.
(c) Mint.
(d) Sage.

14. According to the dorm president, the girls are to watch out for boys from which college?
(a) Pre-Law.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Culinary Arts.
(d) Mythology.

15. What does Dolores' father do with the nursery furniture after her mother loses the baby?
(a) He leaves it in the room and locks it.
(b) He takes it to the dump.
(c) He puts it in the basement.
(d) He burns it in the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dolores' father move back to New Jersey?

2. What does Marcia do to the punch at the dance?

3. When Dolores was a baby, what did her Uncle Eddie call her?

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

5. Who does Dolores first tell about the rape?

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