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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. When had Dolores' mother begun saving money for her college?

2. What illness does Dolores claim she suffers from in order to get out of classes in high school?

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

4. Which part of Stacia Pysyk is deformed?

5. What did Dolores do after sending letters to her college roommate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What evidence is shown that the relationship between Dolores and her grandmother is growing closer after her father abandons the family?

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

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

5. Why does Dolores' father leave?

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

7. Why does Dolores steal the letters from Dante to Kippy?

8. What does Dolores find after being entrusted with the opinion book?

9. How does Dolores find Dante when she returns home from work early?

10. How does Dolores treat Kippy after her accident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Dolores' experiences in school help or hinder her relationships with other people?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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