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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 name her parakeet?
(a) Mack.
(b) Tweeter.
(c) Petey.
(d) Charlie.

2. What does Mr. Pucci call Dolores?
(a) Peach.
(b) Pal.
(c) Honey.
(d) Girl.

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

4. 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 babysitting.
(d) She says that she is getting tutoring.

5. How many times has Roberta been married?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) Never.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man who hit Dolores' mother with the car?

2. What does Dolores' mother do instead of attending the interview with the pest control company?

3. Who lives with Mr. Pucci?

4. What does Larry find growing in Dolores' backyard?

5. What does Dolores take with her when she flees from the dorm before going to Dottie's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dolores decide to go to college?

2. Why does Dolores begin consulting the psychic?

3. What is Dolores' nightmare about Vita Marie?

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

5. Why does Dolores like developing photographs?

6. What is Dolores' emotional reaction to Eric's assault on the dance floor?

7. How did Larry and Ruth meet and why did they move?

8. How does Dolores initially deal with her father's disappearance?

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

10. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

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