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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Esther feel about the cadavers that Buddy shows her?
(a) She is horrified.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is ambivalent.
(d) She is intrigued.

2. How does Esther learn of the circumstances that led to her rescue from the basement?
(a) Dr. Nolan tells her.
(b) Through a letter that her mother writes her.
(c) Joan tells her.
(d) Through a news article Joan shows her.

3. What is Lenny Shepherd famous for?
(a) He is a popular disc jockey.
(b) He is the owner of a popular bar.
(c) He is a popular actor.
(d) He is popular dancer.

4. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?
(a) Drown herself
(b) Take all of her sleeping pills
(c) Cut her wrists
(d) Hang herself

5. Why is Esther disturbed by Buddy's view of poetry?
(a) She believes that poetry is more important than cadavers.
(b) It shows that he never read the poems she wrote for him.
(c) It demonstrates his ignorance.
(d) She is a literature major and a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ladies' Day magazine staff send to the girls as gifts?

2. What treatment does Dr. Gordon suggest for Esther?

3. Why is Esther surprised when Buddy calls her at college?

4. Why is Esther's room full of smoke when she returns home from Lenny's apartment?

5. When does Esther say she found out Buddy was a hypocrite?

(see the answer key)

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