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Written in the form of a confession, this book reveals the details of the difficult life of Dolores Claiborne.
3 Dolores Claiborne quizzes and 30 Dolores Claiborne trivia questions.
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  Dolores Claiborne St. George   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I have started on another Stephen King kick. There are a couple of spoilers in this quiz, but if you haven't read it yet, it will be tough to score high anyway.
Tough, 10 Qns, awkins, Jun 10 06
Tough
awkins
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  Dolores Claiborne Multiple Choice Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the BOOK.
Average, 10 Qns, Skippygirl, Jun 10 06
Average
Skippygirl
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  Multiple Choice Quiz about Dolores Claiborne    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on Stephen King's powerful story of Dolores Claiborne.
Tough, 10 Qns, griffthebird, Oct 17 17
Tough
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How old was Selena when Dolores discovered she was being molested by her father?

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Dolores Claiborne Trivia Questions
1. In which year did Vera (Dolores's employer) die?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: 1992

"Dolores Claiborne" was published in 1992 and though many flashbacks appear from the sixties, Vera died in the book's present which was 1992.

2. Where does the story take place?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: Little Tall Island

Located off the coast of Maine.

3. What is the name of the woman who Dolores works for?

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Answer: Vera

4. How old was Selena when Dolores discovered she was being molested by her father?

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Answer: 15

Selena revealed the secret when she was 15 years old, though the molesting had been going on for quite sometime before that. Dolores knew something was wrong with her daughter because of her change in personality. After deciding her previous guesses (a boy and marijuana) she convinces Selena to tell her while they rode the ferry.

5. Who is Dolores working as a housekeeper for?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: Vera Donovan

Nancy is the court stenographer. Susy and Shawna are domestics working with Dolores.

6. What event happened on the day that Dolores killed Joe?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: an eclipse

Kennedy was shot in November of 1963, not July, when Dolores killed Joe.

7. What is Dolores's maiden name?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Claiborne

While Dolores was married to her husband her last name was St. George. She changed back to her maiden name after his death.

8. Where does the story take place?

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Answer: Little Tall Island

Little Tall Island is an island off the coast of Maine, the state that is the setting of most of King's works. The other three places were settings of other works by King.

9. Dolores hit Joe with an item of crockery; what was it?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: A cream pitcher

Dolores had laughed after Joe had split his britches. While she was cooking, he crept up behind her and hit her across the back with a piece of Rock Maple. She eventually managed to gather herself, hit him with the creamer, then threatened him with a hatchet. He never hit her again.

10. Of all the kids, who was the most upset when their daddy died?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Little Pete

The father had molested Selena and mentally abused Joe Junior. However, the youngest son, Little Pete, adored his father and longed to be like him often mirroring his styles and personality to do so.

11. In what bank does Dolores open accounts for her children?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: Coastal Northern

Located at Jonesport. Joe lied to the manager that the pass books had been lost. He cleaned out the accounts and opened one in his own name to stop Dolores from getting at the money.

12. How did Vera (Dolores's employer) die?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: She jumped down the stairs

Vera died during her jump down the stairs. She asked Dolores to finish her off with a rolling pin but, before Dolores could hit her with it, she dies. Dolores was accused of pushing her down the stairs and is forced to tell her side of the story to three people investigating the issue.

13. How does Joe St. George die?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: Fractured skull

He survived falling down the well, but when Dolores hit him with the rock, after he had climbed to the top, it fractured his skull and killed him.

14. How many clothes pins did Dolores' boss make her put per sheet on the clothesline?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: six

15. There were three people Dolores was telling her story to throughout the book. What was the first name of the female?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Nancy

The story is told in an interesting form in which the entire story has happened. In the opening page we meet Dolores sitting in a room with two men and a woman who are investigating events from the story that involve Dolores. Being accused of murdering her long time employer, Dolores has no choice but to tell her whole story to the two men and the woman. The woman, Nancy, is recording what Dolores says.

16. Who was the medical examiner when Joe died?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: John McAuliffe

He worried Dolores, who feared he would see through her. Briarton took over after McAuliffe died in a car crash. Mercier owned the mortuary. Thibodeau was the constable.

17. The 'Island ________' was the ferry Vera charted for the afternoon of the eclipse.

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Princess

The fact that many of the people from the island would be there to view the eclipse gave Dolores the perfect option to finish off her husband. This is also the ferry where Selena confessed her secret relationship with her father.

18. How did Dolores' employer die?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: She fell down the stairs

After being bedridden for many years, she got up from her wheelchair and fell escaping from the dust bunnies.

19. This novel connects with another Stephen King novel, which was the last one published before this one. What was it?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Gerald's Game

This novel has some similarities with other Stephen King works, but "Gerald's Game" is the one which connects. There are parts in the book where Dolores can see Jessie from Gerald's game, by some supernatural way and vice versa. The two novels intended two be published as a two volume book called, "In The Path Of The Eclipse."

20. How much money did Dolores inherit from her employer?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: $30 million

She finds out that Vera's children had died many years before, and that Vera had been lying to her about them.

21. What was Dolores' boss scared of the MOST?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: dust bunnies

22. How many pins did Vera like to have hanging her sheets up?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: 6

Vera had a dryer for her laundry but preferred to have them hung out to catch the wind. From the 60s to the 90s Vera always reminded Dolores that she wanted six pins to hang the laundry, not just four.

23. What did Dolores do with the money?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne St. George

Answer: Gave it to an orphanage

All $30 million was given anonymously to The New England Home for Little Wanderers.

24. An easy one: Who wrote this book?

From Quiz Dolores Claiborne

Answer: Stephen King

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