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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esther's response to Buddy's marriage proposal?
(a) She rejects his proposal because she believes he is a hypocrite.
(b) She accepts his proposal and agrees to marry him.
(c) She tells him she will never get married.
(d) She tells him she needs to think about it before answering.

2. Why does Mr. Manzi like Esther so much?
(a) She asks interesting questions during his lectures.
(b) She always earns A's in his courses.
(c) He believes she has the skills and talent to be a successful science major.
(d) He believes she has a purely intellectual interest in science.

3. Why does Esther compare her photo with that of a dead girl published in the paper?
(a) To see if they might be long lost sisters.
(b) To see if they look enough alike for Esther to fake her death.
(c) To see if they wore their hair the same way.
(d) To see if they looked enough alike to kill herself.

4. What does Lenny's apartment look like to Esther?
(a) A ranch
(b) A mansion
(c) A dance club
(d) A hunting lodge

5. What is Esther's opinion of the movie she and the other girls are invited to see?
(a) She is annoyed by the costumes.
(b) She thinks it is over the top and trite.
(c) She is entranced by the Technicolor technology.
(d) She is drawn in by the romantic plot line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Esther attend the fur show?

2. Why is Esther living in New York City in the summer of 1953?

3. Why has a medical student been assigned to deliver the woman's baby on the day Esther and Buddy visit the hospital?

4. How does Esther feel when she hangs up the phone after talking with Buddy?

5. What bothers Esther about the article "In Defense of Chastity"?

(see the answer key)

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