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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 is the name of Rose's dog?

2. Where is Luca at the beginning of part two, chapter sixteen?

3. What does Eva say she does not want to talk about?

4. What has Frankie cooked for the wedding reception?

5. Who does Dolores run into on her way back to her mother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rose remember about her father's belt?

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

3. Why is Dolores so transfixed by the photograph?

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

5. What problems occur at the wedding reception?

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

7. What does Rose tells Dolores about her other sisters?

8. What does Salvatore discover in part one chapter eleven?

9. What does part two, chapter three say about Rose's character?

10. How does the novel end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. London.

2. New York

3. Paris.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote the Hiding Place primarily in the first person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person?

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