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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Esther compare her photo with that of a dead girl published in the paper?
(a) To see if they wore their hair the same way.
(b) To see if they looked enough alike to kill herself.
(c) To see if they look enough alike for Esther to fake her death.
(d) To see if they might be long lost sisters.

2. Why does Buddy Willard visit Esther in the asylum?
(a) He wants to know if he drove she and Joan to insanity.
(b) He wants to make sure that Esther is well enough to return to college.
(c) He wants to know the details of Joan's death.
(d) He wants to ask her to marry him.

3. Why does Esther's mother bring her roses?
(a) For Valentine's day
(b) To cheer her up
(c) For her birthday
(d) They are a gift from Buddy

4. What happens to Esther after having sex with Irwin?
(a) He treats her poorly and she leaves his apartment angry.
(b) She regrets having lost her virginity to him.
(c) She begins feeling like a grown woman.
(d) She begins hemorrhaging.

5. Why does Valerie have scars on her head?
(a) She has had a lobotomy.
(b) She was in an accident and had a head injury.
(c) She tried to kill herself.
(d) She had many shock treatments.

6. How does Dr. Gordon respond to Esther's torn letter to Doreen?
(a) He asks to speak to her mother.
(b) He diagnoses her as depressed.
(c) He changes the subject.
(d) He is sympathetic to her concerns about not being able to write.

7. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?
(a) Few patients have negative side effects.
(b) She will feel like she has gone to sleep.
(c) It will hardly hurt.
(d) All patients are scared to death the first time.

8. Where does Esther tell the sailor she is is from?
(a) Boston
(b) Chicago
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York City

9. Who is Esther's next door neighbor in the hospital once her room is moved "up front"?
(a) Joan
(b) Miss Norris
(c) Valerie
(d) Dr. Nolan

10. Who does Esther meet at the Widener Library?
(a) Joan
(b) Irwin
(c) Jody
(d) Buddy

11. Why doesn't Esther wash her clothes or bathe?
(a) She wants to preserve the memory of her time in NYC.
(b) It seems silly to her.
(c) It irritates her mother.
(d) She is too tired because she has not slept in days.

12. What treasure does Esther take with her to solitary confinement?
(a) A ball of mercury
(b) A book of poetry
(c) A letter from Buddy
(d) A mirror

13. Why does Esther contact Irwin?
(a) To tell him she is leaving the asylum
(b) To demand he pays her medical bills
(c) To set up another date
(d) To chastise him for injuring her

14. What does Esther notice about the people outside of the hospital?
(a) They look like they do not belong at the hospital.
(b) They all look sick.
(c) They have blank looks on their faces.
(d) They are hardly moving.

15. Where does Esther wake up at the start of this chapter?
(a) In her college dorm room
(b) In her basement
(c) In the psychiatric ward
(d) In her bedroom

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther do that gets her transferred to another hospital?

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

3. Why does Dr. Quinn visit Esther late one night?

4. How does Esther learn of the circumstances that led to her rescue from the basement?

5. What course of treatment does Joan's first psychiatrist recommend for her?

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