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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of doctor does Dr. Nolan refer Esther to?
(a) A gynecologist
(b) A psychiatrist
(c) An obstetrician
(d) A orthopedist

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

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Tomollilo do that gets her placed in the psychiatric ward?
(a) She tries to kill herself.
(b) She giggles uncontrollably all of the time.
(c) She tries to kill her mother in law.
(d) She sticks her tongue out at her mother-in-law.

6. What does Mrs. Bannister discover about Esther one evening?
(a) She is sleeping too much.
(b) She is not responding to the insulin injections.
(c) She has had a reaction to the insulin injections.
(d) She has thrown out the roses from her mother.

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

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

9. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?
(a) Drown herself
(b) Take all of her sleeping pills
(c) Cut her wrists
(d) Hang herself

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

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

12. What field does Joan tell Esther she plans on studying when she returns to college?
(a) Psychiatry
(b) Physics
(c) Religion
(d) Chemistry

13. What does Esther do that gets her transferred to another hospital?
(a) She yells at George Bakewell.
(b) She refuses shock treatment.
(c) She attacks her mother.
(d) She breaks a mirror.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Esther notice about the people outside of the hospital?

4. What led Joan to run away from home?

5. How long has it been since Esther has slept?

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