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

2. Why does Esther resolve to "ditch Buddy Willard for once and for all"?
(a) He is insensitive to her feelings about childbirth.
(b) He was no longer a virgin.
(c) He had kept his affair with the waitress a secret from her.
(d) He cheated on her with the waitress from Cape Cod.

3. What does Esther do to help herself feel better after the botched night with Doreen and Lenny?
(a) She calls her mother for moral support.
(b) She smokes a cigarette.
(c) She takes a hot bath.
(d) She has a drink.

4. What surprises Esther about Buddy's appearance when she first sees him at the sanatorium?
(a) He looks pale and sickly.
(b) He has gained weight.
(c) He has cut his hair short.
(d) He has lost weight.

5. For Esther the world is divided along the lines of---
(a) virginity
(b) race
(c) gender
(d) political beliefs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther think caused her sickness?

2. Why can't Marco marry the woman he is in love with?

3. How does Esther feel as she careens down the ski slope?

4. What unusual gift does Buddy give Esther when she arrives in his room?

5. What surprises Esther about the English program at her mother's college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mrs. Ockenden?

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

4. Why does Marco attack Esther?

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

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

7. Describe the sanatorium where Buddy is receiving treatment for TB.

8. Who are Frankie and Lenny?

9. Compare Constantin and Buddy.

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

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