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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 happens to Jack and Rita's baby?
(a) She miscarries.
(b) It is born early.
(c) She gives it up for adoption.
(d) It is born deformed.

2. How does Dolores' mother keep her weight down after returning from the mental hospital?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Aerobics.
(c) Bike riding.
(d) Walking.

3. What did Dolores give to her college roommate upon arrival?
(a) A letter from her boyfriend.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A gum drop.
(d) A ring.

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

5. Why does Jack visit Dolores on the night that he tells her the secret about Rita?
(a) He needs to pay his rent.
(b) He wants to talk to Dolores.
(c) He needs to borrow a screwdriver.
(d) He wants to talk to Dolores' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dolores' Grandmother react to her son Eddie's death?

2. What does Jack Speight do for a living?

3. Who does Dolores remember the television delivery men as being?

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

5. What secret does Jack confide in Dolores?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dolores' father leave?

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

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

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

5. Why does Dolores decide to go to college?

6. Why does Dolores kill Dottie's fish?

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

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

9. Why does Dolores begin consulting the psychic?

10. Why does Dante say that he doesn't want to have children?

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