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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 Esther's first reaction when Buddy proposes to her?
(a) She feels like laughing.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She feels nauseous.
(d) She is shocked.

2. What does Esther tell Frankie her name is?
(a) Elly Higginbottom
(b) Esther Greenwood
(c) Doreen
(d) Elly Greenwood

3. What does Jay Cee give Esther as she leaves for her lunch date with the two authors?
(a) A stack of manuscripts.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A sealed envelope.
(d) Some medication.

4. What wakes Esther up later in the night?
(a) Betsy knocking on her door asking for her to come help Doreen.
(b) A phone call from Doreen.
(c) A nightmare about Doreen being hurt by Lenny.
(d) Doreen knocking on her door calling her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?

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

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

4. Which of the girls at the Amazon does Esther spend the most time with?

5. How does Ladies' Day determine what causes the girls' sickness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esther think makes her a neurotic?

2. Describe the movie that the girls go to see from Esther's point of view

3. Describe the story that Esther reads in the short story book from the Ladies' Day magazine

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

5. Why is Esther upset when Buddy tells her he is no longer a virgin?

6. Describe Buddy's first visit to Esther's college

7. Describe what runs through Esther's head when she and Constantin are visiting the UN.

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

9. Describe the situation that leads Esther to leave Lenny's apartment

10. According to Esther, what is her mother's opinion of her interest in becoming a writer or editor?

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