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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. Why does Dolores want to get a ride to school from Jack?

2. What does Dolores' father do with the nursery furniture after her mother loses the baby?

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

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

5. Whose house does Dolores go to after her assault at the dance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Dolores and Dottie spend their week alone together?

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

5. How does Dolores treat Kippy after her accident?

6. What evidence does Dolores give the reader of her mother's mental breakdown?

7. Why does Dolores want to go to Cape Cod?

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

9. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

10. How does Dolores react to her first class at community college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what degree do the mental breakdowns of Dolores and her mother intrinsic or extrinsic?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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