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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 Marcia do to the punch at the dance?

2. What is the name of Dolores' father's girlfriend?

3. What is the name of Norma French's boyfriend?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

2. Why does Mr. Pucci tell Dolores that they will be connected forever?

3. What does Dolores think about the religious paraphernalia hanging from Domingos' rear view mirror?

4. Describe Dolores' reaction to her mother's death.

5. Why does Dolores like developing photographs?

6. Why does Dolores begin consulting the psychic?

7. Why does Dolores' mother want her to go to college?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the mourning processes that Dolores experiences with her mother and grandmother's deaths similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of love appear throughout the text?

Essay Topic 3

How are the mother figures in Dolores' life (her mother, grandmother, Roberta, Dr. Shaw) different or similar?

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