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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esther's opinion of the movie she and the other girls are invited to see?
(a) She is annoyed by the costumes.
(b) She thinks it is over the top and trite.
(c) She is entranced by the Technicolor technology.
(d) She is drawn in by the romantic plot line.

2. 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) An angry note from Doreen.
(c) The mustached night maid standing outside her door.
(d) Doreen lying in a pool of her own vomit.

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

4. What does Esther think caused her sickness?
(a) Chicken
(b) Caviar
(c) Crabmeat
(d) Dessert

5. What does Jay Cee suggest that Esther do to distinguish herself from other women applying to be magazine editors?
(a) Write non-traditional articles
(b) Double major in French and English in college
(c) Learn several languages
(d) Create a compelling resume

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has Mrs. Willard promised to introduce Esther to in New York City?

3. What grade does Esther earn in her physics class?

4. When does Esther say she found out Buddy was a hypocrite?

5. Why does Esther leave the movie premiere?

(see the answer key)

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