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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Buddy and Esther go after the Yale Junior Prom?
(a) To a hill behind the chemistry lab
(b) To Buddy's fraternity house
(c) Back to Esther's college
(d) To a bar

2. What does Constantin say is the most difficult aspect of simultaneous translation?
(a) The verb conjugations
(b) The idioms
(c) The speed at which the ambassadors speak
(d) Understanding the ambassadors' accents

3. What does Esther tell her mother after the treatment that makes her feel relieved?
(a) She will not go back to Dr. Gordon again.
(b) She has decided to not be depressed anymore.
(c) She feels much better after the treatment.
(d) Dr. Gordon says she is cured.

4. What does Esther notice about the people outside of the hospital?
(a) They all look sick.
(b) They look like they do not belong at the hospital.
(c) They have blank looks on their faces.
(d) They are hardly moving.

5. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?
(a) How to repair a mink neckerchief using a gold chain
(b) How to make an inexpensive fur coat look more expensive
(c) How to make a neckerchief out of mink tails
(d) How to purchase high quality furs for a low price

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Esther attend the fur show?

2. What does Esther liken the potential choices she has in life to?

3. Who is Esther "cursed" to have had to eat breakfast with in the hotel cafeteria?

4. Who calls Esther early the morning after she became sick with food poisoning?

5. Why does Mr. Manzi like Esther so much?

(see the answer key)

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