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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?
(a) They test the ingredients used to make the lunch.
(b) They test the leftover food from the luncheon.
(c) They test the contents of one of the girl's stomachs after it is pumped.
(d) They test vomit collected by the Amazon staff.

2. Why is Esther's room full of smoke when she returns home from Lenny's apartment?
(a) Doreen had been smoking before they left and had failed to open the window.
(b) Doreen left a cigarette burning in an ashtray.
(c) The smoke materialized out of nowhere.
(d) There is a fire in Esther's room.

3. How does Esther feel when she hangs up the phone after talking with Buddy?
(a) elated
(b) frightened
(c) relieved
(d) angry

4. What marks the end of Esther's relationship with Eric?
(a) He tells Buddy that he and Esther kissed.
(b) He writes her a letter saying he could fall in love with her.
(c) He graduates from college.
(d) He writes her a letter proposing marriage.

5. What does Esther think may have caused Buddy's TB?
(a) His unwillingness to wear gloves when examining patients
(b) His insensitivity to her feelings
(c) His dishonesty
(d) His compromised immune system

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs Esther about the drug that the birthing mother is given?

2. What does Buddy tell Esther she should get used to seeing?

3. What does Jay Cee suggest that Esther do to distinguish herself from other women applying to be magazine editors?

4. What surprises Esther about Buddy's appearance when she first sees him at the sanatorium?

5. What course keeps Esther from considering a major in English?

(see the answer key)

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