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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?
(a) They test vomit collected by the Amazon staff.
(b) They test the leftover food from the luncheon.
(c) They test the ingredients used to make the lunch.
(d) They test the contents of one of the girl's stomachs after it is pumped.

3. Why doesn't Esther attend the fur show?
(a) She is attending the Ladies' Day luncheon when the fur show is going on.
(b) She has no interest in furs.
(c) Jay Cee asks her to come into the office.
(d) Esther and Doreen go to Coney Island with Lenny.

4. Why is Esther afraid of taking chemistry?
(a) She cannot stand reducing life to numbers and formulas.
(b) She does not like Mr. Manzi's teaching style.
(c) She does not want to take the lab requirement.
(d) She does not think her brain can handle learning the periodic table.

5. What does Jay Cee give Esther as she leaves for her lunch date with the two authors?
(a) A sealed envelope.
(b) A stack of manuscripts.
(c) A new dress.
(d) Some medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Esther ride back to the Amazon after leaving the movie premiere?

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

3. What does Marco give Esther?

4. What is Esther's opinion of the movie she and the other girls are invited to see?

5. What keeps Esther from losing her virginity to Constantin?

(see the answer key)

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