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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait does Buddy have that Esther thinks would make him a good teacher?
(a) He has a keen interest in learning.
(b) He is very knowledgeable about biology.
(c) His father was a teacher.
(d) He is always trying to explain things to Esther.

2. What does Esther decide about her relationship with Constantin during their dinner date?
(a) She would like to be friends, but not lovers with Constantin.
(b) She will allow him to seduce her.
(c) She will leave Buddy for Constantin.
(d) She has no interest in seeing Constantin again.

3. For Esther the world is divided along the lines of---
(a) gender
(b) virginity
(c) political beliefs
(d) race

4. 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) The smoke materialized out of nowhere.
(c) Doreen left a cigarette burning in an ashtray.
(d) There is a fire in Esther's room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Esther shocked when Buddy tells her he is not a virgin?

2. Why does Esther say she would never marry Buddy Willard?

3. What does Constantin say is the most difficult aspect of simultaneous translation?

4. Who is the only girl working at the magazine who does not get sick?

5. Why does Mr. Manzi like Esther so much?

(see the answer key)

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