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Quiz about Shes Come Undone by Wally Lamb

"She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb Quiz

"She's Come Undone" is a fantastic book, and a definite must-read for everyone! I hope you enjoy the quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by megmuffin102. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
megmuffin102

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,431

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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683

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is Dolores's MAIDEN name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 15

2. When Dolores and her family moved to Treetop Acres, who quickly became her best friend? Hint

Annette

Babette

Nanette

Jeanette

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was the name of Dolores's first teacher at St. Anthony's? Hint

Mrs. Pysyk

Miss Lilly

Sister Margaret Francis

Mrs. Masicotte

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was the name of the radio show that Jack Speight hosted?

Answer: (One Word watch your spelling!!)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who was Dolores's guidance counselor and only friend in high school? Hint

Mr. Succi

Mr. Gucci

Mr. Pucci

Mr. Tucci

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where did Dolores go to college? Hint

Easterly College

Walton College

Schoolcraft College

Merton College

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Question 7 of 15

7. What kind of animal did Dolores swim with?

Answer: (One Word -this is an easy one!!)

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the name of the mental hospital in which Dolores spends the next seven years of her life? Hint

Newport

Bellevue

Gracewood

Wellfleet

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Question 9 of 15

9. True or False: Dr. Shaw almost electrocutes himself during one of Dolores's therapy sessions in the pool.

True

False

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Question 10 of 15

10. When Dolores leaves the mental institute, why does she move to Vermont? Hint

To be near Dante

To help her grandma

For a job

Just to get away

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Question 11 of 15

11. Yes or No: Do Dante and Delores ever get married?

Yes

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Question 12 of 15

12. Why does Dolores go back to Easterly? Hint

To get away from Dante

Her Grandma dies

To get a better job

Because she misses her Grandma

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Question 13 of 15

13. What disease does Roberta suffer from?

Answer: (Michael J Fox)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Where does Dolores meet Thayer? Hint

work

a restaraunt

the bus

school

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Question 15 of 15

15. True or False: At the end of the book, Dolores is pregnant.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Dolores's MAIDEN name?

Answer: Price

Dolores's maiden name was Price; her married name was Davis.

2. When Dolores and her family moved to Treetop Acres, who quickly became her best friend?

Answer: Jeanette

"I met Jeanette on my very first spin around the neighborhood. Spotting a girl my approximate age hula-hooping on a patio, I decided to impress her with my cycling skills, then miscalculated a curb, landing, mortified, under my still spinning wheels. 'Guess What?' Jeanette said as she hula-hooped toward me, oblivious to my bleeding knees. 'One of my Siamese cats is going to have kittens.'" And they were friends from then on.

3. What was the name of Dolores's first teacher at St. Anthony's?

Answer: Miss Lilly

Miss Lilly was Dolores's teacher. Pysyk was the last name of Rosalie and Stacia, the "Dirty DP" twins that tormented Dolores; Sister Margaret Frances was the school principal; and Mrs. Masicotte was Dolores's father's boss.

4. What was the name of the radio show that Jack Speight hosted?

Answer: Potpourri

"Jack Speight, tall and blonde, was a disc jockey at W-EAS Radio. He hosted a talk show called 'Potpourri', told elephant jokes, and played the kind of farty music my mother listened to on her car radio."

5. Who was Dolores's guidance counselor and only friend in high school?

Answer: Mr. Pucci

Fabio Pucci was Dolores's guidance counselor and only friend all through her long, lonely, overweight years in high school.

6. Where did Dolores go to college?

Answer: Merton College

Dolores doesn't even make it through the first semester before she has a nervous breakdown. She only went to college because her late mother wanted her too.

7. What kind of animal did Dolores swim with?

Answer: Whale

Whales are a recurring theme throughout the book.

8. What is the name of the mental hospital in which Dolores spends the next seven years of her life?

Answer: Gracewood

"Gracewood Institute, the private mental hospital where I spent the next seven years of my life, face Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, and turns its back on the Atlantic Ocean."

9. True or False: Dr. Shaw almost electrocutes himself during one of Dolores's therapy sessions in the pool.

Answer: True

During the first therapy session in the pool, Dr. Shaw almost kills himself by plugging in a radio.

10. When Dolores leaves the mental institute, why does she move to Vermont?

Answer: To be near Dante

Dolores finds Dante Davis in a roll of film she develops at her job at the film lab. Even though she doesn't know him, she moves to Vermont to be near him.

11. Yes or No: Do Dante and Delores ever get married?

Answer: Yes

They did get married, but it wasn't a very good marriage.

12. Why does Dolores go back to Easterly?

Answer: Her Grandma dies

Dolores tried and tried to make plans to visit her grandma, but they kept getting put off until it was too late.

13. What disease does Roberta suffer from?

Answer: Parkinson's

"So let me give you a piece of advice, Dolores: don't ever get Parkinson's disease. Had the shakes for over four years now- like dancin' all day without a partner."

14. Where does Dolores meet Thayer?

Answer: school

Dolores met Thayer when she enrolled in classes at the Community College.

15. True or False: At the end of the book, Dolores is pregnant.

Answer: False

Dolores and Thayer were trying hard to have a baby, but they weren't having much luck.

Source: Author megmuffin102

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