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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Larry's wife, Rita, wanted to name their baby?
(a) Flower.
(b) Free!.
(c) Peace.
(d) Clarity.

2. After the rape, to where do the Speights say they are moving?
(a) Toledo.
(b) New York.
(c) They do not tell anyone they are leaving.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. How does Dolores get to Mr. Pucci's house while her Grandmother is on vacation?
(a) The wallpaper man gives her a ride.
(b) She rides her bike.
(c) She takes the bus.
(d) She takes a cab.

4. Who does Dolores first tell about the rape?
(a) Her father.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Her mother.
(d) No one.

5. Who does Dolores remember the television delivery men as being?
(a) President Kennedy and John Harvey Oswald.
(b) President Nixon and Vice President Johnson.
(c) Lucille Ball and Ricky Ricardo.
(d) President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Pucci call Dolores?

2. What does the recording secretary at Hooten Hall do for extra money?

3. What does Dolores experience for the first time while Larry and Ruth are staying with her?

4. Who does Dolores' roommate cheat on her boyfriend with?

5. After Dolores has the first conversation with her father since moving in with her grandmother, what does she request of her grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dolores' nightmare about Vita Marie?

2. What does Dolores think about the religious paraphernalia hanging from Domingos' rear view mirror?

3. How did Larry and Ruth meet and why did they move?

4. Why does Dolores decide to go to college?

5. What does the man who wallpapers Dolores' grandmother's house look like?

6. Describe Dolores and Mr. Pucci's reconnection after she delivers food to his apartment.

7. How does Dante act towards Dolores while at her Grandmother's house?

8. Why does Dolores steal the letters from Dante to Kippy?

9. How does Dolores receive the few things that she seeks in the divorce?

10. Describe Dolores' reaction to her mother's death.

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