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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 does Salvatore send Mary and the children?

2. Where does Joe work when Frankie first meets him?

3. What does Joe teach Frankie?

4. What is the soda distributor's name?

5. What country does Joe come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frankie meet Joe?

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

3. How does Frankie prepare to see the bookie?

4. What is Joe's proposal?

5. What do the doctors say about Dolores's injuries?

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

7. What does Frankie do to the rabbit?

8. What does the adult Dolores think about as she sits in her mother's empty house?

9. What happens on Celesta's date with Markus?

10. How does Dolores find the picture of Joe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All four sisters have a difficult relationship with their mother. Why is a mother's relationship with her child so important? How has the four sisterss relationship with their mother affected them?

Essay Topic 2

How does Frankie's gambling addiction affect his family? How does Frankie's gambling addiction affects the decisions he makes? What help was available to gambling addicts in the sixties? What help is available to gambling addicts today?

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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