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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Philomena Guinea?
(a) A famous novelist who is having lunch with Jay Cee.
(b) The editor of Ladies' Day magazine.
(c) A lady at the Scholarships Office at Esther's college.
(d) The novelist whose scholarship Esther has at college.

2. With whom does Esther ride back to the Amazon after leaving the movie premiere?
(a) Jay Cee
(b) Doreen
(c) Betsy
(d) Emily Ann

3. Who helped foster Esther's appreciation for fine food?
(a) Doreen
(b) Her mother
(c) Her grandfather
(d) Her grandmother

4. Why does Buddy call Esther at college?
(a) He has received a scholarship and is excited.
(b) He has contracted TB and must immediately leave for treatment.
(c) He wants to ask for her hand in marriage.
(d) He is concerned that he has given her TB.

5. Why does Esther resolve to "ditch Buddy Willard for once and for all"?
(a) He is insensitive to her feelings about childbirth.
(b) He was no longer a virgin.
(c) He cheated on her with the waitress from Cape Cod.
(d) He had kept his affair with the waitress a secret from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbs Esther about the drug that the birthing mother is given?

2. Why has a medical student been assigned to deliver the woman's baby on the day Esther and Buddy visit the hospital?

3. Where do Buddy and Esther go after the Yale Junior Prom?

4. What does Jay Cee suggest that Esther do to distinguish herself from other women applying to be magazine editors?

5. Why is Esther shocked when Buddy tells her he is not a virgin?

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