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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What national event is Esther concerned with as the book opens?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima
(b) The trial of the Rosenbergs
(c) The execution of the Rosenbergs
(d) The assassination of John F. Kennedy

2. What does Constantin say is the most difficult aspect of simultaneous translation?
(a) The speed at which the ambassadors speak
(b) The idioms
(c) Understanding the ambassadors' accents
(d) The verb conjugations

3. Why is Esther shocked when Buddy tells her he is not a virgin?
(a) She plans to marry him and wanted him to be a virgin.
(b) She believed that he was opposed to pre-marital sex.
(c) She wanted for them both to lose their virginity together.
(d) She believed she was more sexually experienced than he was.

4. What does the Ladies' Day magazine staff send to the girls as gifts?
(a) Soup
(b) Copies of the magazine
(c) Cookbooks
(d) Books of short stories

5. Who comes to rescue Esther when she passes out in the bathroom of the Amazon?
(a) The hotel nurse
(b) Betsy
(c) The hotel maid
(d) Doreen

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jay Cee give Esther as she leaves for her lunch date with the two authors?

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

3. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?

4. What does Esther think caused her sickness?

5. Why is Esther afraid of taking chemistry?

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