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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Esther disturbed by Buddy's view of poetry?
(a) It shows that he never read the poems she wrote for him.
(b) It demonstrates his ignorance.
(c) She is a literature major and a writer.
(d) She believes that poetry is more important than cadavers.

2. Where do Buddy and Esther go after the Yale Junior Prom?
(a) To a hill behind the chemistry lab
(b) To Buddy's fraternity house
(c) To a bar
(d) Back to Esther's college

3. What is keeping Esther from telling Buddy that she has no intention of marrying him?
(a) Fear of his mother's response
(b) He is attending medical school and she does not want to distract him.
(c) Her commitment to the magazine
(d) His illness

4. Who calls Esther early the morning after she became sick with food poisoning?
(a) Constantin
(b) Her mother
(c) Jay Cee
(d) Doreen

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Esther say she would never marry Buddy Willard?

2. Why had Esther visited her family doctor?

3. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?

4. What does Mrs. Greenwood convince Esther she should do since she will not be taking the writing course?

5. What does Esther resolve to do during her summer at home?

(see the answer key)

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