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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 country does Luca live in?

2. Why did Joe decide not to send Ilya to collect?

3. What does Dolores eat in part two, chapter thirteen?

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

5. How did Mary die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end?

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

3. How does Luca cause Dolores to faint?

4. How does Rose make Dolores and Luca laugh at their mother's funeral?

5. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

6. What does Luca remember in part two, chapter sixteen?

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

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

9. What is Mary's state when she is discovered at the Salvation Army hospital?

10. What happens to the death towel in part two, chapter nineteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1. Mary.

2. Frankie.

3. Fran.

Essay Topic 2

What problems do Dolores's generation face? How are the problems for Dolores's generation different to the problems her father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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