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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What keeps Esther from committing suicide with the cord from her mother's robe?
(a) Her hands release the cord before she loses consciousness.
(b) The cord breaks as she is tying it in a noose.
(c) She decides it is much nobler to die by cutting her wrists.
(d) Her mother comes home and finds her.

4. Other than tabloid magazines, what type of books is Esther able to read?
(a) A book of short stories
(b) James Joyce's novels
(c) Abnormal psychology texts
(d) Poetry

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

6. What does Esther always have with her as she walks around Belsize?
(a) A photograph
(b) A book
(c) A blanket
(d) Paper and a pencil

7. Why did Joan say she dated Buddy?
(a) She found him attractive.
(b) She hoped to marry a doctor someday.
(c) She liked his parents.
(d) She wanted to hide her homosexuality.

8. What does Esther wear to her exit hearing at the asylum?
(a) A purple dress and cameo brooch
(b) A red dress
(c) A red wool suit
(d) A black wool suit

9. What concern about her future does Buddy express to Esther?
(a) What people will be willing to befriend her after being in an asylum
(b) How she will be able to have a literary career when she can't write
(c) How she'll be able to maintain her sanity in the
(d) What man will marry her after being in an asylum

10. Which of the following is NOT a privilege given to residents of Belsize?
(a) town visits
(b) shopping
(c) walks
(d) visits home

11. What trait does Dr. Nolan say women find attractive in each other?
(a) Beauty
(b) Compassion
(c) Tenderness
(d) Intelligence

12. Why does Dr. Nolan arrive early at Esther's room one day?
(a) To tell her her mother will be visiting later in the day
(b) To tell her she will be having a shock treatment
(c) To tell her she is improving
(d) To have a private therapy session

13. How do the women in Belsize know they will be having shock treatments?
(a) Their psychiatrists tell them.
(b) They are woken up early for treatments.
(c) They receive a note the night before.
(d) Their breakfast tray is not delivered.

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

15. 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 know the details of Joan's death.
(c) He wants to make sure that Esther is well enough to return to college.
(d) He wants to ask her to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Esther's doctor at the private hospital?

2. Why does Esther dislike Dr. Gordon?

3. According to Dr. Nolan, how often will Esther need to have shock treatments?

4. How does the shock treatment make Esther feel?

5. Whose visit to her hospital room angers Esther?

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