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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Esther visited her family doctor?
(a) She needs a referral for a psychiatrist.
(b) She is plagued by anxiety.
(c) She has developed laryngitis.
(d) She cannot read or sleep.

2. Why does Esther begin reading Finnegan's Wake?
(a) To begin writing her thesis
(b) To get ahead the following semester
(c) To fill in a gap in her coursework
(d) To help her sleep

3. 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) Her commitment to the magazine
(c) Fear of his mother's response
(d) His illness

4. What is unusual about Miss Norris?
(a) She wears a cameo brooch.
(b) She will not leave her room.
(c) She is not friendly to Esther.
(d) She does not speak.

5. Why does Esther's mother ask her about what happened to her face?
(a) Her face is bruised from Marco's attack.
(b) She refuses to smile or move her face.
(c) She has streaks of blood on each cheek.
(d) She is wearing much more makeup than she usually does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Buddy and Esther go after the Yale Junior Prom?

2. Who is Esther's doctor at the private hospital?

3. How many children does Dodo Conway have?

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

5. How does Buddy characterize poetry?

(see the answer key)

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