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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esther find outside of her door the morning after Doreen came home drunk?
(a) Doreen lying in a pool of her own vomit.
(b) An angry note from Doreen.
(c) An empty hallway with only a light stain on the carpet.
(d) The mustached night maid standing outside her door.

2. Who comes to rescue Esther when she passes out in the bathroom of the Amazon?
(a) The hotel maid
(b) Betsy
(c) The hotel nurse
(d) Doreen

3. What disturbs Esther about the drug that the birthing mother is given?
(a) It was created by a man.
(b) It claims to alleviate pain, but actually only makes the woman forget her birth experience.
(c) t claims to make the woman forget the experience, but actually only alleviates pain.
(d) The woman is given the drug against her will.

4. How does Esther feel when she hangs up the phone after talking with Buddy?
(a) frightened
(b) angry
(c) elated
(d) relieved

5. Who "rescues" Esther from the public hospital?
(a) Philomena Guinea
(b) Buddy Willard
(c) Her mother
(d) Jay Cee

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Esther surprised when the nurse tells her she is moving to Belsize?

2. What does Esther do while Mr. Manzi is lecturing in chemistry class?

3. Why does Esther begin reading Finnegan's Wake?

4. What does Esther notice about the people outside of the hospital?

5. What does Joan find in a magazine that shocks Esther?

(see the answer key)

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