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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. Where is Naomi staying the weekend of the dance?

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

3. What does Dolores wakes up to while Larry and Ruth are staying with her?

4. Who does Dolores call after her mother's nervous breakdown?

5. What happens to Jack and Rita's baby?

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 decide to go to college?

3. Why is Mr. Pucci fired from his job at the school?

4. Why does Dolores begin consulting the psychic?

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

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

7. What sort of behavior does Dolores exhibit after she returns to public high school?

8. What is Dante's reaction when he realizes that Dolores has a large sum of money saved?

9. How does Dolores' grandmother feel about her going to college?

10. Why does Dolores' father leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of love appear throughout the text?

Essay Topic 2

How does Dolores' relationship with her father change throughout the text?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Dolores' mother and her grandmother, specifically concentrating on its evolution through the years.

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