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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Esther do to pay tribute to Joan?
(a) She gives the eulogy at her funeral.
(b) She visits her grave site.
(c) She attends her funeral.
(d) She writes a poem memorializing her.

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

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

7. Why does Esther visit the cemetery?
(a) To contemplate suicide
(b) To select a gravesite for her body
(c) To visit her grandparents' graves
(d) To visit her father's grave

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

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

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

11. 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) It will hardly hurt.
(c) All patients are scared to death the first time.
(d) She will feel like she has gone to sleep.

12. What treatment does Dr. Gordon suggest for Esther?
(a) Admittance to an asylum
(b) Continued weekly appointments with him
(c) Anti-depressants
(d) Shock treatment

13. How long has it been since Esther has slept?
(a) 30 days
(b) 21 days
(c) 14 days
(d) 7 days

14. What complaint do all of the patients at the hospital have of Esther's volunteer work?
(a) They do not like her stand offish attitude.
(b) She drops the flower vases and spills the water.
(c) She does not deliver the correct bouquets.
(d) They do not like her rearranging their flowers.

15. Where will Esther live after leaving the asylum?
(a) The Amazon hotel
(b) Her college dormitory
(c) With the Willards
(d) Her mother's home

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esther have Irwin drive her to?

2. Why does Dr. Nolan arrive early at Esther's room one day?

3. What does Esther tell her mother after the treatment that makes her feel relieved?

4. Who is Joan planning on living with when she leaves the asylum?

5. Who does Jody set Esther up on a blind date with?

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