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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?
(a) She plans to stop by the library after talking with Buddy.
(b) She does not know who is there to visit and plans to read her history book if he is boring.
(c) She wants Buddy to see that she is a studious person.
(d) She does not know who is there to visit and wants to be able to go to the library if the boy is horrific.

3. What does Esther tell her mother after the treatment that makes her feel relieved?
(a) Dr. Gordon says she is cured.
(b) She has decided to not be depressed anymore.
(c) She will not go back to Dr. Gordon again.
(d) She feels much better after the treatment.

4. Which of the girls at the Amazon does Esther spend the most time with?
(a) Doreen
(b) Jay Cee
(c) Hilda
(d) Betsy

5. Why does Esther hope she will be paired up with Lenny instead of Frankie?
(a) Like Esther, Lenny is short while Frankie is tall.
(b) Lenny is much more attractive than Frankie.
(c) Lenny is more charismatic than Frankie.
(d) Like Esther, Lenny is tall while Frankie is short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marco remind Esther of?

2. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?

3. Why does Buddy ask Esther whether she'd like to live in the city or the country?

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

5. Who is Esther "cursed" to have had to eat breakfast with in the hotel cafeteria?

(see the answer key)

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