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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Esther disturbed by Buddy's view of poetry?
(a) She believes that poetry is more important than cadavers.
(b) She is a literature major and a writer.
(c) It shows that he never read the poems she wrote for him.
(d) It demonstrates his ignorance.

2. Why does Esther feel depressed when she returns to the Amazon?
(a) She wishes she had gone to the magazine party instead of to Lenny's apartment.
(b) It is utterly silent in her room.
(c) It is smoky in her room.
(d) She feels abandoned by Doreen.

3. How does Esther feel about the cadavers that Buddy shows her?
(a) She is intrigued.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is ambivalent.
(d) She is horrified.

4. Why doesn't Esther attend the fur show?
(a) She has no interest in furs.
(b) Esther and Doreen go to Coney Island with Lenny.
(c) She is attending the Ladies' Day luncheon when the fur show is going on.
(d) Jay Cee asks her to come into the office.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disheartens Esther the most about Jay Cee's suggestions for bolstering her career?

2. Who is the only girl working at the magazine who does not get sick?

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

4. What does Esther do to help herself feel better after the botched night with Doreen and Lenny?

5. Why has a medical student been assigned to deliver the woman's baby on the day Esther and Buddy visit the hospital?

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