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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 keeps Esther from committing suicide with the cord from her mother's robe?
(a) Her mother comes home and finds her.
(b) Her hands release the cord before she loses consciousness.
(c) She decides it is much nobler to die by cutting her wrists.
(d) The cord breaks as she is tying it in a noose.

2. Why did Joan say she dated Buddy?
(a) She liked his parents.
(b) She wanted to hide her homosexuality.
(c) She hoped to marry a doctor someday.
(d) She found him attractive.

3. What is unusual about Miss Norris?
(a) She will not leave her room.
(b) She wears a cameo brooch.
(c) She does not speak.
(d) She is not friendly to Esther.

4. Whose visit to her hospital room angers Esther?
(a) George Bakewell's
(b) Her uncle's
(c) Buddy Willard's
(d) Her mother's

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esther have Irwin drive her to?

2. Why does Esther contact Irwin?

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

4. Who does Esther meet at the Widener Library?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the circumstances that led to Joan's hospitalization.

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

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

5. Describe Esther's encounter with the sailor

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

7. What does Esther do at Deer Island?

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

9. Describe Irwin

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

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