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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. Where do Martineau and Mary go to speak in private?

2. Who do Dolores and her family have to move in with after Dolores is born?

3. What is Dolores supposed to do if she sees her father?

4. What does Frankie have to wait for Joe to do before he can speak to him?

5. What special day does Dolores remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frankie's theft of the household money cause such a problem for Mary?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What tattoos does Fran have on her forearm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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