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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 is the final thing on Dolores's list?

2. What does Dolores call for at the end of the final chapter?

3. What is the name of Celesta's two sons?

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

5. Who does Martineau say he was in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end?

2. How does Dolores get into her mother's house?

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

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

5. Describe Celesta's adult life?

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

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

8. What does Dolores think about Salvatore in part two, chapter sixteen?

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

10. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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