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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What record are the Pysyk twins playing the first time that Dolores meets them?
(a) "Heat Wave".
(b) "Moonlight Sonata".
(c) "Big Girls Don't Cry".
(d) "The Twist".

3. Which resident of Hooten Hall had been to Woodstock?
(a) Kippy.
(b) Rochelle.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Veronica.

4. Why does Dolores become friends with Norma?
(a) No one else will befriend her.
(b) Norma has a boyfriend.
(c) She wants to steal her cigarettes.
(d) The Pysyk twins will be angry.

5. What does Rita Speight do for a living?
(a) She is a store clerk.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Pucci suggest Dolores do?

2. While at dinner with the Speights, what kind of a hat does Dolores' Grandmother wear?

3. While writing to her college roommate, where does Dolores claim that her boyfriend is from?

4. What did Dolores give to her college roommate upon arrival?

5. Who does Dolores' roommate cheat on her boyfriend with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is shown that the relationship between Dolores and her grandmother is growing closer after her father abandons the family?

2. Why does Dolores like the television so much?

3. Describe the scene of the house when Dante drops off the black-and-white television set.

4. Why does Dolores steal the letters from Dante to Kippy?

5. Why does Dolores decide to go to college?

6. Describe Dolores' reaction to her mother's death.

7. Why is Dolores saving money after she and Dante get married?

8. What does her Etch-a-Sketching mean to Dolores?

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

10. Describe the relationship between Dolores and her mother after she comes home from the mental hospital.

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