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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 does Dolores see sitting on the dresser?

2. What country does Luca live in?

3. Who does Luca try to call from the airport?

4. What is the final thing on Dolores's list?

5. What is the name of the final chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary's state when she is discovered at the Salvation Army hospital?

2. How does Mary react when she sees Frankie with Joe and Paolo?

3. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

4. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

5. What does Rose remember about her father's belt?

6. What does Luca remember in part two, chapter sixteen?

7. How has the city changed since Dolores was there thirty years ago?

8. What does part two, chapter three say about Rose's character?

9. In what way does Rose defy her husband?

10. What does Eva tell Dolores in part two, chapter fifteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Frankie's gambling addiction affect his family? How does Frankie's gambling addiction affects the decisions he makes? What help was available to gambling addicts in the sixties? What help is available to gambling addicts today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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