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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 does Mary tell Eva she has not seen for five years?

2. Who owned the ruby ring before Frankie?

3. Who does Frankie want Celesta to marry?

4. Why does Fran sleep on the slim divan instead of the bed?

5. Which part of the rabbit does Frankie cut off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tattoos does Fran have on her forearm?

2. How does Dolores find the picture of Joe?

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

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

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

6. What does the adult Dolores think about as she sits in her mother's empty house?

7. How has Fran caused trouble in the neighborhood in part one, chapter seven?

8. What does Mary remember about when she first moved to Cardiff?

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

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

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 2

How did the fire affect relationships within the family? Why does Dolores speaks in poetic terms at the state of her fingerless hand?

Essay Topic 3

Why don't Frankie and Mary don't trust each other? How does their lack of trust for each other affect their relationships with their children?

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