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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolores' mother name her parakeet?

2. Who sees Jack and Dolores together and questions their behavior?

3. What was the name of Dolores' mother's favorite television program?

4. What does Dolores' roommate's boyfriend include in his last letter to her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dolores call Dottie after the assault by Eric?

3. What do Dolores, her mother and her grandmother think of Jack and Rita Speight?

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

5. Why does Dolores' father leave?

6. What is Dolores' nightmare about Vita Marie?

7. Why does Dolores begin consulting the psychic?

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

9. How does Dolores react to her mother's nightly walks and why?

10. What does the family of the man who hit Dolores' mother send to Dolores and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the single most important factor (event, person, situation) influencing Dolores' relationship with men?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the emotional breakdowns of both Dolores and her mother.

Essay Topic 3

How do we see the theme of death playing out in the text? What does death symbolize throughout Dolores' story?

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