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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 room is Dolores sitting in at the beginning of part one?

2. Who talks to Mary after the doctors?

3. Where does Joe give Frankie a job?

4. What does Dolores give up to get Luca to tell her about Celesta's date?

5. Who does Frankie think has an eye on his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Celesta come to the decision to marry Pippo?

3. What does Frankie do to the rabbit?

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

5. How does Frankie prepare to see the bookie?

6. How dis Mary keep Dolores warm when she was a baby?

7. How does Joe's proposal make Frankie doubt himself and his family?

8. What does Dolores say she often think about when she remembers the night of the fire?

9. How does the author build suspense in part one, chapter three?

10. How does Frankie's relationship with Salvatore change when he gambles away his half of the diner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Dolores's life:

1. Mary.

2. Frankie.

3. Fran.

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