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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. How does Dolores try to get out of going to college after passing her physical?

2. Who calls Dolores while the girls are listening to Abbey Road in Dolores' dorm room?

3. What does Marcia do to the punch at the dance?

4. While at dinner with the Speights, what kind of a hat does Dolores' Grandmother wear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dolores' father leave?

2. What does Roberta propose to Tommy, the owner of China Paradise?

3. How does Thayer finally get Dolores to go on a date with him?

4. Why is Dolores saving money after she and Dante get married?

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

6. How does Dolores react to her mother's nightly walks and why?

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

8. How does Dolores react to Mr. Massey's proposition?

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

10. Why does Dolores' mother want her to go to college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Dante as Dolores imagines him through his letters and Dante as Dolores experiences him in their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

How do we see the theme of death playing out in the text? What does death symbolize throughout Dolores' story?

Essay Topic 3

How are the mother figures in Dolores' life (her mother, grandmother, Roberta, Dr. Shaw) different or similar?

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