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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 think her father felt when he left his family behind?
(a) Love.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Guilt.

2. What has Frankie bought back from Joe?
(a) His share of the club.
(b) His car.
(c) His house.
(d) His father's ruby ring.

3. Where does Rose search for Frankie's jewelery?
(a) Her mother's clothes drawer.
(b) The kitchen closet.
(c) The top of the wardrobe.
(d) Under the floorboards.

4. What does Dolores see sitting on the dresser?
(a) A brassbell.
(b) A vase.
(c) A glass pipe.
(d) A trumpet.

5. What does Dolores take home with her?
(a) The belt.
(b) The chest.
(c) The sewing box.
(d) The rabbit hutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary offer to Martineau instead of the rent?

2. Who is having an argument with her husband in part two, chapter thirteen?

3. Why did Joe decide not to send Ilya to collect?

4. Whose arms does Rose remember seeing her mother in on the day of the fire?

5. What is the name of the produce stand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Luca and Rose remember about the past in part two chapter fourteen?

2. What happens to the death towel in part two, chapter nineteen?

3. What problems occur at the wedding reception?

4. In what way does Rose defy her husband?

5. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

6. How does Frankie react when Salvatore falls into the dry dock?

7. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

8. What is Mary's state when she is discovered at the Salvation Army hospital?

9. What does Eva tell Dolores in part two, chapter fifteen?

10. How does the novel end?

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