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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. Who do Esther and Joan both get letters from?
(a) Mr. & Mrs. Willard
(b) Dr. Gordon
(c) Buddy
(d) Jay Cee

2. What does Esther tell her mother after the treatment that makes her feel relieved?
(a) Dr. Gordon says she is cured.
(b) She will not go back to Dr. Gordon again.
(c) She feels much better after the treatment.
(d) She has decided to not be depressed anymore.

3. Why does Buddy Willard visit Esther in the asylum?
(a) He wants to ask her to marry him.
(b) He wants to know the details of Joan's death.
(c) He wants to know if he drove she and Joan to insanity.
(d) He wants to make sure that Esther is well enough to return to college.

4. How does Esther learn of the circumstances that led to her rescue from the basement?
(a) Joan tells her.
(b) Through a news article Joan shows her.
(c) Dr. Nolan tells her.
(d) Through a letter that her mother writes her.

5. How long has it been since Esther has slept?
(a) 7 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 14 days
(d) 21 days

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?

2. Who does Esther meet at the Widener Library?

3. Who is Joan having an affair with at the asylum?

4. How does the shock treatment make Esther feel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Esther find out about Joan's homosexuality?

3. Describe Esther's feelings as she visits the gynecologist.

4. Characterize Esther's behavior in the psychiatric wards of the hospitals

5. How does the private hospital staff compare to those at the public hospital?

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

7. What news does Esther expect Dr. Nolan to give her after her insulin reaction? What news does she actually give her?

8. Describe Irwin

9. What is the only item that gives Esther pleasure in the hospital? Why?

10. Describe Esther's feelings about the women living in Belsize

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