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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 is Lenny Shepherd famous for?
(a) He is a popular actor.
(b) He is popular dancer.
(c) He is the owner of a popular bar.
(d) He is a popular disc jockey.

2. What does Esther resolve to do during her summer at home?
(a) Break up with Buddy
(b) Take a summer course
(c) Gain life experience
(d) Write a novel

3. Why does Buddy call Esther at college?
(a) He has received a scholarship and is excited.
(b) He is concerned that he has given her TB.
(c) He wants to ask for her hand in marriage.
(d) He has contracted TB and must immediately leave for treatment.

4. Who calls Esther early the morning after she became sick with food poisoning?
(a) Constantin
(b) Doreen
(c) Her mother
(d) Jay Cee

5. Why is Esther disturbed by Buddy's view of poetry?
(a) It shows that he never read the poems she wrote for him.
(b) She believes that poetry is more important than cadavers.
(c) She is a literature major and a writer.
(d) It demonstrates his ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the end of Esther's relationship with Eric?

2. Why does Esther leave the movie premiere?

3. Why does Esther's mother ask her about what happened to her face?

4. What disheartens Esther the most about Jay Cee's suggestions for bolstering her career?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marco give Esther his diamond stick pin?

2. How does Esther change from the beginning to the end of this chapter?

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

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

5. How does Esther convince the college to exempt her from the chemistry course requirement?

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

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

8. Describe the birth scene that Esther and Buddy witness from Esther's point of view

9. What is Eric's philosophy on sexual relationships?

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

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