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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 take with her when she flees from the dorm before going to Dottie's house?
(a) A piece of her mother's painting.
(b) The curtains.
(c) The wastebasket.
(d) Nothing.

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 is babysitting.
(c) She says that she is getting tutoring.
(d) She says that she joined cheerleading.

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

4. When had Dolores' mother begun saving money for her college?
(a) When she was born.
(b) After her father had left.
(c) When she went to the mental institute.
(d) After Dolores was raped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dance attendees do while Dolores is being accosted?

2. What does Jack threaten to do if Dolores tells anyone about the rape?

3. In the college entrance essay that Dolores' mother writes for her, who does she write about?

4. Whose song plays in Mr. Pucci's jukebox?

5. What record are the Pysyk twins playing the first time that Dolores meets them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dolores and Mr. Pucci's reconnection after she delivers food to his apartment.

2. What does the man who wallpapers Dolores' grandmother's house look like?

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

4. What does Dolores' mother accuse her husband of regarding Mrs. Masicotte?

5. Why does Dolores kill Dottie's fish?

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

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

8. How does Dolores react to her first class at community college?

9. What measures does Dolores' mother take to ensure her entrance into college?

10. How does Dolores lose weight while in the mental hospital?

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