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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. Who calls Dolores while the girls are listening to Abbey Road in Dolores' dorm room?

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

3. How does Dolores' mother keep her weight down after returning from the mental hospital?

4. What did Dolores give to her college roommate upon arrival?

5. What does Dolores' mother do instead of attending the interview with the pest control company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roberta propose to Tommy, the owner of China Paradise?

2. Why does Dolores like developing photographs?

3. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

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

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

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

7. Why is Dolores saving money after she and Dante get married?

8. How do both Dolores and Jack react immediately after the rape takes place?

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

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

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

Compare and contrast Dante as Dolores imagines him through his letters and Dante as Dolores experiences him in their relationship.

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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