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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 evidence does Marcia give Naomi for not being prejudiced?

2. Who does Dolores call after her mother's nervous breakdown?

3. What behavior does Dolores exhibit concurrently with Jack's rides to and from school?

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

5. When had Dolores' mother begun saving money for her college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does her Etch-a-Sketching mean to Dolores?

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

3. What kind of a life does Dolores invent for herself through her letters to Kippy?

4. What evidence is shown that the relationship between Dolores and her grandmother is growing closer after her father abandons the family?

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

6. Why does Dolores write that she loves Dante?

7. How does Dolores' professor react to her writing?

8. What do Dolores, her mother and her grandmother think of Jack and Rita Speight?

9. Why does Dolores call Geneva Sweet while in Cape Cod?

10. How does Dolores feel emotionally while attending the prom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does television have on Dolores' life?

Essay Topic 2

How does Dolores' relationship with her father change throughout the text?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Dolores' mother and her grandmother, specifically concentrating on its evolution through the years.

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