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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 surprises Esther the most about Marco?
(a) His aggression
(b) His honesty
(c) His unwillingness to give her the diamond
(d) His cruelty

2. What does the Ladies' Day magazine staff send to the girls as gifts?
(a) Copies of the magazine
(b) Books of short stories
(c) Cookbooks
(d) Soup

3. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?
(a) How to purchase high quality furs for a low price
(b) How to make an inexpensive fur coat look more expensive
(c) How to make a neckerchief out of mink tails
(d) How to repair a mink neckerchief using a gold chain

4. How does Esther get from Lenny's apartment to the Amazon?
(a) She and Doreen walk the 43 blocks back to the hotel together.
(b) She walks alone the 43 blocks back to the hotel.
(c) Lenny drives her home.
(d) She takes a cab.

5. Why has a medical student been assigned to deliver the woman's baby on the day Esther and Buddy visit the hospital?
(a) Delivering a baby is a medical school requirement.
(b) The doctor on call is stuck in traffic.
(c) The doctor assigned to the woman is attending to another birth.
(d) Delivering eight babies is a medical school requirement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade does Esther earn in her physics class?

2. Why does Buddy ask Esther whether she'd like to live in the city or the country?

3. How many times did Buddy have sex with the waitress from Cape Cod?

4. Why does Esther begin reading Finnegan's Wake?

5. Why does Esther feel depressed when she returns to the Amazon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the hill behind the chemistry lab at Yale?

2. Why does Marco attack Esther?

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

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

5. Describe the Amazon.

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

7. What is Esther's standing joke with her grandfather about caviar?

8. Describe Jay Cee (from Esther's perspective)

9. Who is Mrs. Ockenden?

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

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