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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 Mrs. Riley help Dolores do?

2. What city does Dolores travel to in part two, Waiting two?

3. Where does Rose search for Frankie's jewelery?

4. Who did Frankie beat with the belt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dolores remember about her relationship with her sister?

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

3. Describe Celesta's adult life?

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

5. What do people think has happened to Salvatore?

6. What problems occur at the wedding reception?

7. How does Luca cause Dolores to faint?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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