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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 room does Mary lock herself in when she gets home?

2. Who does Frankie ask to lend him money?

3. What do the police say Fran has burned down?

4. Where did Dolores mother lay her down to sleep when she was a baby?

5. What does Frankie build with the burned kitchen door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Frankie think about at the end of the chapter?

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

5. What is Frankie's life like before Dolores is born?

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

7. How did Frankie meet Joe?

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

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

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

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

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. London.

2. New York

3. Paris.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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