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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolores say is enough to scare people away?
(a) Her left fist.
(b) Her misery.
(c) Her scars.
(d) Her laugh.

2. What does Dolores refuse to do on the morning of the wedding?
(a) Talk.
(b) Eat.
(c) Pray.
(d) Dance.

3. What does Dolores's mother use to hide the alcohol on her breath?
(a) Mint.
(b) Thyme.
(c) Parsley.
(d) Paprika.

4. What is Dolores's mother doing when Dolores arrives home from the shops?
(a) Watching TV.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Crying.

5. What does Salvatore change the name of the diner to?
(a) The Moonlight Club.
(b) Summer Long.
(c) The Friends' Club.
(d) The Maltese Falcon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks to Mary after the doctors?

2. Where does Mary walk to after the social services take in Fran?

3. Where does Joe give Frankie a job?

4. Who breaks down the kitchen door?

5. What does Dolores's father call his bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frankie prepare to see the bookie?

2. How does Joe's proposal make Frankie doubt himself and his family?

3. How is Dolore's responsible for the baby rabbits' deaths?

4. Why does Frankie think it is a good idea if Celesta marries Pippo?

5. What does Celesta overhear Mrs. Jackson saying to her husband?

6. How does the author build suspense in part one, chapter three?

7. How did Frankie meet Joe?

8. What happens on Celesta's date with Markus?

9. How do the neighbors help Mary after the fire?

10. How does the family's situation change the day Dolores is born?

(see the answer keys)

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