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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 is with Louis a the end of the final chapter?

2. Who did Frankie catch sleeping with Mary?

3. What has Celesta covered with the death towel?

4. Who does Luca pass on the streets?

5. Who does Dolores meet in Tino's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luca cause Dolores to faint?

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

3. In what way does Rose defy her husband?

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

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

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

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

8. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

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

10. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Mary.

2. Frankie.

3. Fran.

Essay Topic 3

How did the fire affect relationships within the family? Why does Dolores speaks in poetic terms at the state of her fingerless hand?

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