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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 course of treatment does Joan's first psychiatrist recommend for her?
(a) Group therapy
(b) Commitment to a mental hospital
(c) Anti-depressants
(d) Shock treatments

2. What complaint do all of the patients at the hospital have of Esther's volunteer work?
(a) They do not like her stand offish attitude.
(b) She drops the flower vases and spills the water.
(c) She does not deliver the correct bouquets.
(d) They do not like her rearranging their flowers.

3. What does Esther do that gets her transferred to another hospital?
(a) She attacks her mother.
(b) She refuses shock treatment.
(c) She yells at George Bakewell.
(d) She breaks a mirror.

4. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?
(a) Few patients have negative side effects.
(b) She will feel like she has gone to sleep.
(c) All patients are scared to death the first time.
(d) It will hardly hurt.

5. What sort of doctor does Dr. Nolan refer Esther to?
(a) A psychiatrist
(b) A orthopedist
(c) A gynecologist
(d) An obstetrician

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women in Belsize know they will be having shock treatments?

2. What does Mrs. Tomollilo do that gets her placed in the psychiatric ward?

3. Why does Esther visit the cemetery?

4. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene at the cemetery.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Irwin

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

10. How is Esther's shock treatment experience at the private hospital different than the one she had with Dr. Gordon?

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