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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 country is Frankie from?

2. What is the social worker's name?

3. Who does Dolores's father not like coming around the house?

4. What does Dolores say is enough to scare people away?

5. Who does Frankie talk to in part one, chapter three?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Joe help Frankie out?

5. How dis Mary keep Dolores warm when she was a baby?

6. What does Mary say Frankie wants to do to her instead of what he is doing to the kitchen door?

7. How does Salvatore help help out Mary and the children?

8. Why does Dolores think people can't see her scars?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do both Mary and Frankie struggle to settle in Cardiff? How different was Malta to Wales in the sixties? How would compatriots view his behavior in Cardiff?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote the Hiding Place primarily in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

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