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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Esther about the English program at her mother's college?
(a) There is no honors program in the English department.
(b) There are more requirements than her own college.
(c) It is surprisingly difficult.
(d) She has already met all of the requirements.

2. For Esther the world is divided along the lines of---
(a) gender
(b) virginity
(c) race
(d) political beliefs

3. Which of the following best describes Lenny and Doreen's dancing?
(a) furious
(b) aggressive
(c) graceful
(d) elegant

4. 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 is drawn in by the romantic plot line.
(c) She thinks it is over the top and trite.
(d) She is entranced by the Technicolor technology.

5. 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) The squeak of carriage wheels
(d) Her mother practicing typing

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

7. What does Esther do while Mr. Manzi is lecturing in chemistry class?
(a) She daydreams.
(b) She completes her Shakespeare class assignments.
(c) She pretends to be writing down the formulas he writes on the board.
(d) She writes down the formulas he writes on the board.

8. What does Jay Cee give Esther as she leaves for her lunch date with the two authors?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A sealed envelope.
(c) A stack of manuscripts.
(d) Some medication.

9. What does Jay Cee suggest that Esther do to distinguish herself from other women applying to be magazine editors?
(a) Double major in French and English in college
(b) Learn several languages
(c) Create a compelling resume
(d) Write non-traditional articles

10. Who is the only man that Esther ever considered losing her virginity to?
(a) Eric
(b) Buddy
(c) Lenny
(d) Frankie

11. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?
(a) They test the leftover food from the luncheon.
(b) They test the contents of one of the girl's stomachs after it is pumped.
(c) They test the ingredients used to make the lunch.
(d) They test vomit collected by the Amazon staff.

12. What did Esther do the first time she saw a finger bowl?
(a) She ate the contents, thinking it was an exotic soup.
(b) She asked her hostess what it was for.
(c) She panicked not knowing what to do with it.
(d) She dipped her fingers in it to clean them.

13. Who is missing from the Ladies' Day luncheon?
(a) Esther
(b) Hilda
(c) Betsy
(d) Doreen

14. Why does Doreen vomit on the carpet of the hotel hallway?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She has the flu.
(c) She is upset that Lenny dumped her.
(d) She has food poisoning.

15. Why does Esther hope she will be paired up with Lenny instead of Frankie?
(a) Lenny is much more attractive than Frankie.
(b) Lenny is more charismatic than Frankie.
(c) Like Esther, Lenny is tall while Frankie is short.
(d) Like Esther, Lenny is short while Frankie is tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Doreen avoid getting food poisoning?

2. Which of the girls at the Amazon does Esther spend the most time with?

3. What course does Esther convince her college dean to exempt her from taking?

4. Why does Esther leave the movie premiere?

5. Why does Buddy ask Esther whether she'd like to live in the city or the country?

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