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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lenny's apartment look like to Esther?
(a) A mansion
(b) A dance club
(c) A hunting lodge
(d) A ranch

2. What sorts of foods does Esther say she likes the best?
(a) Rich creamy foods that feature butter and cheese.
(b) Any dish with avocado in it.
(c) Any dish that has caviar in it.
(d) French fries, cheeseburgers and frappes from Howard Johnson's.

3. Who helped foster Esther's appreciation for fine food?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Her grandfather
(c) Her mother
(d) Doreen

4. What does Esther find outside of her door the morning after Doreen came home drunk?
(a) An empty hallway with only a light stain on the carpet.
(b) Doreen lying in a pool of her own vomit.
(c) The mustached night maid standing outside her door.
(d) An angry note from Doreen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther tell Frankie her name is?

2. Why won't Esther let Doreen come into her room when she returns from Lenny's?

3. What wakes Esther up later in the night?

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

5. Why does Esther order vodka at the bar?

(see the answer key)

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