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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's room full of smoke when she returns home from Lenny's apartment?
(a) Doreen left a cigarette burning in an ashtray.
(b) Doreen had been smoking before they left and had failed to open the window.
(c) The smoke materialized out of nowhere.
(d) There is a fire in Esther's room.

2. Who has Mrs. Willard promised to introduce Esther to in New York City?
(a) An ambassador at the UN
(b) Her son, Buddy
(c) The editor of a major literary magazine
(d) A simultaneous interpreter at the UN

3. What does Esther do while Mr. Manzi is lecturing in chemistry class?
(a) She writes down the formulas he writes on the board.
(b) She completes her Shakespeare class assignments.
(c) She pretends to be writing down the formulas he writes on the board.
(d) She daydreams.

4. What disheartens Esther the most about Jay Cee's suggestions for bolstering her career?
(a) Esther believed that her thesis on Finnegan's Wake was her ticket to getting a job as an editor.
(b) Esther believed she was a strong writer, but Jay Cee tells her she is not.
(c) Esther cannot afford to take additional language courses.
(d) Esther has no room in her senior schedule to take language courses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buddy tell Esther she should get used to seeing?

2. What does Esther think may have caused Buddy's TB?

3. What does Esther find outside of her door the morning after Doreen came home drunk?

4. Why does Esther feel depressed when she returns to the Amazon?

5. Why is Esther afraid of taking chemistry?

(see the answer key)

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