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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?
(a) Her success
(b) Her directness
(c) Her looks
(d) Her intelligence

2. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?
(a) Few patients have negative side effects.
(b) She will feel like she has gone to sleep.
(c) It will hardly hurt.
(d) All patients are scared to death the first time.

3. Why is Buddy eager for Esther to read the poem "Florida Dawn"?
(a) He thinks she will enjoy it.
(b) He wrote it.
(c) His father wrote it.
(d) He believes it is the next great masterpiece of American poetry.

4. What does Esther label Marco?
(a) a playing card
(b) a Latin lover
(c) a woman-hater
(d) a snake

5. Why does Esther visit the cemetery?
(a) To visit her grandparents' graves
(b) To contemplate suicide
(c) To visit her father's grave
(d) To select a gravesite for her body

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Esther has slept when she first visits Dr. Gordon?

2. What does Buddy tell Esther she will want to abandon once she has children?

3. How does Doreen avoid getting food poisoning?

4. Who is the only man that Esther ever considered losing her virginity to?

5. What national event is Esther concerned with as the book opens?

(see the answer key)

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