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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps Esther and Doreen from attending the magazine party?
(a) They do not want to spend time with Betsy and the other girls from the Amazon.
(b) They decide to go to a bar for drinks with Lenny and Frankie.
(c) Their cab is stuck in traffic and they do not arrive until the party is over.
(d) They do not want to spend time with the magazine staff.

2. Why is Esther living in New York City in the summer of 1953?
(a) As the award for winning a writing contest, she is interning at a fashion magazine.
(b) As the award for winning a modeling contest, she is modeling for a fashion magazine.
(c) Esther is taking a summer writing course.
(d) She is attending New York University.

3. What wakes Esther up later in the night?
(a) A phone call from Doreen.
(b) Doreen knocking on her door calling her.
(c) A nightmare about Doreen being hurt by Lenny.
(d) Betsy knocking on her door asking for her to come help Doreen.

4. With whom does Esther ride back to the Amazon after leaving the movie premiere?
(a) Doreen
(b) Emily Ann
(c) Jay Cee
(d) Betsy

5. What does Esther do to prevent Marco from raping her?
(a) She calls for Doreen.
(b) She punches him in the nose.
(c) She punches him in the stomach.
(d) She stabs him with his diamond pin.

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

7. What sorts of foods does Esther say she likes the best?
(a) French fries, cheeseburgers and frappes from Howard Johnson's.
(b) Any dish with avocado in it.
(c) Rich creamy foods that feature butter and cheese.
(d) Any dish that has caviar in it.

8. Why is Esther's room full of smoke when she returns home from Lenny's apartment?
(a) There is a fire in Esther's room.
(b) Doreen had been smoking before they left and had failed to open the window.
(c) Doreen left a cigarette burning in an ashtray.
(d) The smoke materialized out of nowhere.

9. How does Esther know Buddy?
(a) Their mothers are friends and they attend the same church.
(b) They attend the same college.
(c) They met at a party.
(d) They attended the same boarding school.

10. What does Marco remind Esther of?
(a) A snake in the zoo
(b) A diamond
(c) A movie star
(d) A tango dancer

11. What is keeping Esther from telling Buddy that she has no intention of marrying him?
(a) Fear of his mother's response
(b) He is attending medical school and she does not want to distract him.
(c) Her commitment to the magazine
(d) His illness

12. What does Esther hear as she lays in bed on the first morning she is home?
(a) The squeak of carriage wheels
(b) The phone ringing
(c) Her mother practicing typing
(d) A car pulling out of a driveway

13. Why does Esther trade her robe to Betsy for a skirt and shirt?
(a) She has always coveted Betsy's green skirt.
(b) She threw all of her clothes of of the roof and has nothing to wear.
(c) She likes Betsy's clothes better than her own.
(d) She gave all of her clothes to Doreen and has nothing to wear.

14. How does Esther feel as she careens down the ski slope?
(a) Ambivalent
(b) Frightened
(c) Concerned
(d) Happy

15. What is the first thing that Esther notices about Marco?
(a) His stick pin
(b) His crass attitude
(c) His dark suit
(d) His dark eyes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only girl working at the magazine who does not get sick?

2. Why does Esther resolve to "ditch Buddy Willard for once and for all"?

3. What course keeps Esther from considering a major in English?

4. Why does Esther order vodka at the bar?

5. What does Esther do when she returns to the Amazon the night that Marco attacks her?

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