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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. Which character is burned in the kitchen?

2. Where is Dolores sitting for the first time in thirty years?

3. What is Dolores's mother doing when Dolores arrives home from the shops?

4. Who walks Celesta home after her date with Markus?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What tattoos does Fran have on her forearm?

2. Describe the living conditions in Dolores's Cardiff home.

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

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

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

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

7. How does Dolores find the picture of Joe?

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 Mary remember about when she first moved to Cardiff?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Dolores's life:

1. Mary.

2. Frankie.

3. Fran.

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

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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