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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade does Esther earn in her physics class?
(a) F
(b) A
(c) C
(d) B

2. Why is Esther living in New York City in the summer of 1953?
(a) As the award for winning a writing contest, she is interning at a fashion magazine.
(b) As the award for winning a modeling contest, she is modeling for a fashion magazine.
(c) Esther is taking a summer writing course.
(d) She is attending New York University.

3. What keeps Esther and Doreen from attending the magazine party?
(a) They do not want to spend time with Betsy and the other girls from the Amazon.
(b) They decide to go to a bar for drinks with Lenny and Frankie.
(c) Their cab is stuck in traffic and they do not arrive until the party is over.
(d) They do not want to spend time with the magazine staff.

4. Why does Esther like Doreen?
(a) She is wealthy.
(b) She is witty and sarcastic.
(c) She is fashion conscious.
(d) She provides a smoking partner for Esther.

5. 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 cannot afford to take additional language courses.
(c) Esther believed she was a strong writer, but Jay Cee tells her she is not.
(d) Esther has no room in her senior schedule to take language courses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Esther get from Lenny's apartment to the Amazon?

2. Which of the girls at the Amazon does Esther spend the most time with?

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

4. Why does Doreen vomit on the carpet of the hotel hallway?

5. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?

(see the answer key)

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