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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 did Mary offer to Martineau instead of the rent?

2. Why did Joe decide not to send Ilya to collect?

3. What has Frankie cooked for the wedding reception?

4. What does Mrs. Riley help Dolores do?

5. What has been put up for sale in part one, chapter twelve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rose tells Dolores about her other sisters?

4. What problems occur at the wedding reception?

5. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

6. What happens to the death towel in part two, chapter nineteen?

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

8. How does Frankie react when Salvatore falls into the dry dock?

9. What does Martineau tell Dolores about the night of the fire?

10. How does the novel end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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