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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Buddy take Esther to do while she is visiting him at the sanatorium?
(a) Dance
(b) Ski
(c) Go for a drive through the mountains
(d) Buy an engagement ring

2. Why does Esther like Doreen?
(a) She is wealthy.
(b) She is witty and sarcastic.
(c) She is fashion conscious.
(d) She provides a smoking partner for Esther.

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

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

5. Why is Esther shocked when Buddy tells her he is not a virgin?
(a) She plans to marry him and wanted him to be a virgin.
(b) She believed that he was opposed to pre-marital sex.
(c) She wanted for them both to lose their virginity together.
(d) She believed she was more sexually experienced than he was.

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

7. What does Constantin say is the most difficult aspect of simultaneous translation?
(a) The speed at which the ambassadors speak
(b) The verb conjugations
(c) Understanding the ambassadors' accents
(d) The idioms

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

9. Who is Esther "cursed" to have had to eat breakfast with in the hotel cafeteria?
(a) Hilda
(b) Jay Cee
(c) Doreen
(d) Betsy

10. 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) Some medication.
(d) A stack of manuscripts.

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

12. What is Esther's first reaction when Buddy proposes to her?
(a) She feels nauseous.
(b) She feels like laughing.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is delighted.

13. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?
(a) How to make an inexpensive fur coat look more expensive
(b) How to purchase high quality furs for a low price
(c) How to repair a mink neckerchief using a gold chain
(d) How to make a neckerchief out of mink tails

14. How does Doreen avoid getting food poisoning?
(a) She doesn't eat the food because she is trying to stay thin for Lenny.
(b) She does not attend the luncheon because she is at Coney Island with Lenny.
(c) She does not attend the luncheon because she is at the office working with Jay Cee.
(d) She only eats dessert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disheartens Esther the most about Jay Cee's suggestions for bolstering her career?

2. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?

3. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?

4. What does Buddy tell Esther she will want to abandon once she has children?

5. Which of the following does NOT adorn the waiting room at the sanatorium?

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