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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 Dolores remember her sister locking her in?

2. What does Luca carve into Dolore's wrist?

3. Who did Frankie catch sleeping with Mary?

4. Who does Frankie not want to hear Salvatore shouting?

5. What does Dolores see still sitting in the back of the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the city changed since Dolores was there thirty years ago?

2. How does Frankie react when Salvatore falls into the dry dock?

3. What kind of list does Dolores write?

4. What does Martineau tell Dolores about the night of the fire?

5. Describe Celesta's adult life?

6. How does Salvatore fall into the dry dock?

7. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

8. What do Luca and Rose remember about the past in part two chapter fourteen?

9. How does Dolores get into her mother's house?

10. How does Mary react when she sees Frankie with Joe and Paolo?

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

Why do both Mary and Frankie struggle to settle in Cardiff? How different was Malta to Wales in the sixties? How would compatriots view his behavior in Cardiff?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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