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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 accosts Dolores on the dance floor?

2. How does Dolores' mother keep her weight down after returning from the mental hospital?

3. What does Dolores' roommate's boyfriend include in his last letter to her?

4. What does Jack threaten to do if Dolores tells anyone about the rape?

5. What was the name of the man who hit Dolores' mother with the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What measures does Dolores' mother take to ensure her entrance into college?

2. Describe the scene of the house when Dante drops off the black-and-white television set.

3. Why does Dolores want to go to Cape Cod?

4. What does Dolores' mother accuse her husband of regarding Mrs. Masicotte?

5. What is Dolores' nightmare about Vita Marie?

6. How does Dr. Shaw feel about Dolores visiting the psychic?

7. Why does Dolores' father leave?

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

9. How does Dottie feel about Dolores?

10. Why does Dolores like developing photographs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the rape that Dolores suffers influence her actions later in life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship that Dolores has with food. How is the relationship helpful or hurtful? How does it change?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of love appear throughout the text?

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