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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 did Joe stop from rolling into a crack in the floorboards?

2. Which of Frankie's children does Joe believe is his daughter?

3. What does Dolores's mother use to hide the alcohol on her breath?

4. Where does Mary hide the household money?

5. Where does Mary work at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the family's situation change the day Dolores is born?

2. What does Mary say Frankie wants to do to her instead of what he is doing to the kitchen door?

3. How does Frankie prepare to see the bookie?

4. How does Dolores find the picture of Joe?

5. How is Dolore's responsible for the baby rabbits' deaths?

6. What happens while Mary talks to Martineau on the porche?

7. What is Joe's proposal?

8. What does Frankie think about at the end of the chapter?

9. What does Celesta overhear Mrs. Jackson saying to her husband?

10. Why does Frankie think he does not owe Joe anything?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why don't Frankie and Mary don't trust each other? How does their lack of trust for each other affect their relationships with their children?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Dolores's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the person she was at the end:

1. What did Dolores hope to achieve at the beginning of the novel?

2. What events changes Dolores's ideas about life?

3. How has Dolores's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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