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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 notice about the people outside of the hospital?
(a) They are hardly moving.
(b) They look like they do not belong at the hospital.
(c) They have blank looks on their faces.
(d) They all look sick.

2. What happens to Esther after having sex with Irwin?
(a) She begins feeling like a grown woman.
(b) He treats her poorly and she leaves his apartment angry.
(c) She regrets having lost her virginity to him.
(d) She begins hemorrhaging.

3. What does Esther always have with her as she walks around Belsize?
(a) A book
(b) A blanket
(c) Paper and a pencil
(d) A photograph

4. What field does Joan tell Esther she plans on studying when she returns to college?
(a) Psychiatry
(b) Physics
(c) Religion
(d) Chemistry

5. Who does Esther meet at the Widener Library?
(a) Irwin
(b) Buddy
(c) Jody
(d) Joan

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esther do that gets her transferred to another hospital?

2. Why doesn't Esther wash her clothes or bathe?

3. What does Mrs. Bannister discover about Esther one evening?

4. What trait does Dr. Nolan say women find attractive in each other?

5. What does Joan find in a magazine that shocks Esther?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Esther's encounter with the sailor

2. Describe the scene at the cemetery.

3. What do the voices in Esther's head tell her as she sits in the park contemplating suicide?

4. What thoughts consume Esther after finding out she must have shock treatments?

5. What does Dr. Nolan tell Esther about shock treatments in this chapter?

6. How does Esther feel as she is waiting to enter her exit hearing?

7. Describe the circumstances that led to Esther's hospitalization.

8. What does Dr. Nolan tell Esther to help her feel better about Joan's death?

9. What keeps Esther from drowning herself at the beach?

10. Describe Irwin

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