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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Esther say she found out Buddy was a hypocrite?
(a) The day she found out he had TB.
(b) The day they saw a baby born.
(c) When he asks her to Junior Prom.
(d) The moment he kissed her after the Junior Prom.

2. Why does Valerie have scars on her head?
(a) She had many shock treatments.
(b) She tried to kill herself.
(c) She has had a lobotomy.
(d) She was in an accident and had a head injury.

3. What does Esther hear as she lays in bed on the first morning she is home?
(a) The squeak of carriage wheels
(b) Her mother practicing typing
(c) A car pulling out of a driveway
(d) The phone ringing

4. How does Esther know Buddy?
(a) Their mothers are friends and they attend the same church.
(b) They attended the same boarding school.
(c) They met at a party.
(d) They attend the same college.

5. What is keeping Esther from telling Buddy that she has no intention of marrying him?
(a) He is attending medical school and she does not want to distract him.
(b) Fear of his mother's response
(c) His illness
(d) Her commitment to the magazine

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Buddy characterize poetry?

2. Why does Esther dislike Dr. Gordon?

3. Why is Esther disturbed by Buddy's view of poetry?

4. Who "rescues" Esther from the public hospital?

5. What faux pas does Esther make with the bellman when she first arrives at the Amazon?

(see the answer key)

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