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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Manzi like Esther so much?
(a) She asks interesting questions during his lectures.
(b) He believes she has a purely intellectual interest in science.
(c) He believes she has the skills and talent to be a successful science major.
(d) She always earns A's in his courses.

2. Which of the following best describes Lenny and Doreen's dancing?
(a) furious
(b) elegant
(c) graceful
(d) aggressive

3. What did Esther do the first time she saw a finger bowl?
(a) She panicked not knowing what to do with it.
(b) She ate the contents, thinking it was an exotic soup.
(c) She dipped her fingers in it to clean them.
(d) She asked her hostess what it was for.

4. What course does Esther convince her college dean to exempt her from taking?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Physics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Botany

5. How does Buddy characterize poetry?
(a) He sees them as capturing all the beauty there is in the world.
(b) He calls them worthless pieces of junk.
(c) He likens them to the cadavers he dissects in medical school.
(d) He calls poems pieces of dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther do to offend the driver of the first cab she rides in?

2. What wakes Esther up later in the night?

3. What trait does Buddy have that Esther thinks would make him a good teacher?

4. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?

5. How many times did Buddy have sex with the waitress from Cape Cod?

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