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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Marco from?
(a) Spain
(b) Venezuela
(c) Italy
(d) Peru

3. What does Esther decide about her relationship with Constantin during their dinner date?
(a) She would like to be friends, but not lovers with Constantin.
(b) She will allow him to seduce her.
(c) She has no interest in seeing Constantin again.
(d) She will leave Buddy for Constantin.

4. What national event is Esther concerned with as the book opens?
(a) The execution of the Rosenbergs
(b) The assassination of John F. Kennedy
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima
(d) The trial of the Rosenbergs

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

6. Why does Buddy call Esther at college?
(a) He is concerned that he has given her TB.
(b) He wants to ask for her hand in marriage.
(c) He has contracted TB and must immediately leave for treatment.
(d) He has received a scholarship and is excited.

7. What causes Esther's skiing accident?
(a) She loses one of her skis.
(b) A man crosses her path.
(c) Buddy is talking to her as she is skiing.
(d) She does not know how to ski.

8. What does Esther resolve to do during her summer at home?
(a) Break up with Buddy
(b) Gain life experience
(c) Take a summer course
(d) Write a novel

9. Which of the following does NOT adorn the waiting room at the sanatorium?
(a) Plants
(b) A fountain
(c) Leather chairs
(d) Magazines

10. Who calls Esther early the morning after she became sick with food poisoning?
(a) Constantin
(b) Her mother
(c) Doreen
(d) Jay Cee

11. Why is Esther surprised when Buddy calls her at college?
(a) He usually writes letters because he is too cheap to pay for long distance.
(b) She had broken up with him and did not expect to hear from him.
(c) He is angry at her and vowed never to speak to her again.
(d) She rarely receives phone calls.

12. What nickname does Doreen give Betsy?
(a) Ugly as Sin
(b) Kansas Cowgirl
(c) Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
(d) Pollyanna Cowgirl

13. What surprises Esther the most about Marco?
(a) His honesty
(b) His aggression
(c) His cruelty
(d) His unwillingness to give her the diamond

14. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?
(a) Her success
(b) Her intelligence
(c) Her looks
(d) Her directness

15. What does Esther do to offend the driver of the first cab she rides in?
(a) She tips him well below the standard rate.
(b) She vomits in his cab.
(c) She fails to tip him because she does not understand she needs to tip service people.
(d) She criticizes his erratic driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?

2. What does Mrs. Greenwood convince Esther she should do since she will not be taking the writing course?

3. What keeps Esther and Doreen from attending the magazine party?

4. Where does Doreen put Esther's clothes to help her forget about them?

5. How does Esther know Buddy?

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