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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Reformatory psychiatrist tell Dr. Summer is the only way Hatter will leave the basement early?
(a) If she is sick enough to go to the infirmary.
(b) She will never leave the basement early.
(c) If she starts speaking and eating.
(d) If she is transferred to the state hospital.

2. What risks does Dr. Summer take when talking with Hatter?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) He asks to be alone with her.
(d) He undoes the straps that hold her to the bed.

3. To what Indian tribe does Hatter Fox belong?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Squaw.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Apache.

4. What does Hatter do as Dr. Summer tells her his life story?
(a) She puts her fingers in her ears to demonstrate her boredom.
(b) She turns away and refuses to look at Dr. Summer.
(c) She asks him to leave.
(d) She starts singing softly to herself.

5. Where does Dr. Summer become a doctor when he first meets Hatter?
(a) The New Mexico Health Center.
(b) The Bureau of Indian Health.
(c) A free Indian Health Clinic.
(d) The Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Summer receive when he gets back?

2. Where does Hatter injure Dr. Summer?

3. Who summons Mango to help Dr. Summer settle into his new cottage?

4. What is Hatter directing the other young people in the room to do while Dr. Summer is there?

5. Why does Dr. Summer decide to leave for a few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hatter lying under her blanket in her cell? What does this demonstrate about her personality?

2. How did Rhinehart find herself at the Reformatory?

3. How is Dr. Summer able to relate to Hatter better than anyone else is?

4. Where does Dr. Summer find Hatter the night he spends the day with Mango? Why? How does Dr. Summer react?

5. What kind of success do Rhinehart, Dr. Summer, and Hatter have in the infirmary? Why?

6. What are the conditions under which Dr. Summer comes back to the Reformatory? What does he bring back with him and why?

7. What misunderstanding do Rhinehart and Dr. Summer have at the end of their dinner in Rhinehart's apartment?

8. How is Dr. Summer's meeting with Hatter the second time in the Reformatory different from the first?

9. What happens when Dr. Summer finds Hatter strapped to the hospital bed in the morning?

10. What evidence does Dr. Summer have that Hatter has been sexually abused? Based on what you have read in the book, is it reasonable to think Claude is the culprit?

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