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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. What would Frankie rather do than work at the diner?

2. What does Salvatore change the name of the diner to?

3. What country does Joe come from?

4. What does Frankie try to remember when he arrives at the hospital?

5. What does Mary tell Dolores Frankie really wants to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Frankie do to the rabbit?

3. Why does Frankie think he does not owe Joe anything?

4. What do the doctors say about Dolores's injuries?

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

6. How does Frankie's relationship with Salvatore change when he gambles away his half of the diner?

7. What problems is Frankie having at the end of part one, chapter three?

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

9. How does Frankie prepare to see the bookie?

10. What does Dolores say she often think about when she remembers the night of the fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Dolores's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the person she was at the end:

1. What did Dolores hope to achieve at the beginning of the novel?

2. What events changes Dolores's ideas about life?

3. How has Dolores's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What problems do Dolores's generation face? How are the problems for Dolores's generation different to the problems her father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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