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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. How does Dr. Gordon respond to Esther's torn letter to Doreen?
(a) He asks to speak to her mother.
(b) He is sympathetic to her concerns about not being able to write.
(c) He diagnoses her as depressed.
(d) He changes the subject.

2. Why does Esther visit the cemetery?
(a) To select a gravesite for her body
(b) To contemplate suicide
(c) To visit her grandparents' graves
(d) To visit her father's grave

3. What led Joan to run away from home?
(a) Sores on her feet
(b) A fight with her parents
(c) Her breakup with Buddy
(d) An article about Esther

4. How does Esther ultimately decide she will do to commit suicide?
(a) Drown herself
(b) Take all of her sleeping pills
(c) Cut her wrists
(d) Hang herself

5. Why does Esther contact Irwin?
(a) To tell him she is leaving the asylum
(b) To set up another date
(c) To chastise him for injuring her
(d) To demand he pays her medical bills

Short Answer Questions

1. What infuriates Esther in Dr. Gordon's office?

2. How does Esther learn of the circumstances that led to her rescue from the basement?

3. Why does Dr. Nolan restrict Esther's visitors?

4. Why is Esther surprised when the nurse tells her she is moving to Belsize?

5. Who is Joan planning on living with when she leaves the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the scene at the cemetery.

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

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

6. Describe Irwin

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

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

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

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

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