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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. How does Dolores get away with riding with Jack after school so often?

2. Why does Dolores' father move back to New Jersey?

3. What does Dolores' grandmother give her immediately after she is raped?

4. What do the Pysyk twins accuse Dolores of before they get into the fight in the convenience store?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thayer finally get Dolores to go on a date with him?

2. How did Larry and Ruth meet and why did they move?

3. Why does Dolores call Geneva Sweet while in Cape Cod?

4. How does Dr. Shaw feel about Dolores visiting the psychic?

5. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

6. Why does Dolores kill Dottie's fish?

7. How does Dottie feel about Dolores?

8. What transpires after Dolores' mother goes for her first job interview?

9. How does Dolores initially deal with her father's disappearance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dolores' close female relationships (Jeanette, Kippy, Dottie, etc.) and determine how these relationships aid or hinder Dolores' development as an adult.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship that Dolores has with food. How is the relationship helpful or hurtful? How does it change?

Essay Topic 3

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

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