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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait does Buddy have that Esther thinks would make him a good teacher?
(a) He is very knowledgeable about biology.
(b) His father was a teacher.
(c) He is always trying to explain things to Esther.
(d) He has a keen interest in learning.

2. What is keeping Esther from telling Buddy that she has no intention of marrying him?
(a) Fear of his mother's response
(b) Her commitment to the magazine
(c) He is attending medical school and she does not want to distract him.
(d) His illness

3. Why does Esther's mother ask her about what happened to her face?
(a) She is wearing much more makeup than she usually does.
(b) She refuses to smile or move her face.
(c) She has streaks of blood on each cheek.
(d) Her face is bruised from Marco's attack.

4. Who comes to rescue Esther when she passes out in the bathroom of the Amazon?
(a) The hotel nurse
(b) The hotel maid
(c) Doreen
(d) Betsy

5. What does Buddy tell Esther she should get used to seeing?
(a) Him naked
(b) His dorm room
(c) Women giving birth
(d) Cadavers

Short Answer Questions

1. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?

2. What sorts of foods does Esther say she likes the best?

3. What does Esther find outside of her door the morning after Doreen came home drunk?

4. What surprises Esther about Buddy's appearance when she first sees him at the sanatorium?

5. What is Esther's first reaction when Buddy proposes to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Esther and Hilda's conversation at breakfast.

2. Describe Buddy's letter to Esther (that is waiting for her when she gets home).

3. How does Jay Cee attempt to cheer Esther up the day of the photo shoot?

4. Describe the article that Esther's mother gives her from Reader's Digest ("In Defense of Chastity").

5. Why is Esther surprised when Buddy comes to visit her at college?

6. Why does Mr. Willard leave Esther alone with Buddy at the sanatorium?

7. Why is Esther so enamored with the rich foods she is served at the Ladies' Day luncheon?

8. What does Esther think makes her a neurotic?

9. What leads Esther to be invited for lunch by Philomena Guinea?

10. Contrast Esther's and Buddy's feelings about his diagnosis

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