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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. Who did Frankie beat with the belt?

2. What does Dolores see sitting on the dresser?

3. Who are the photographs for?

4. Which character does Dolores think about when she looks at the picture?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Luca and Rose remember about the past in part two chapter fourteen?

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

5. How does Salvatore fall into the dry dock?

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

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

8. What does Dolores remember about her relationship with her sister?

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

10. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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