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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Nolan restrict Esther's visitors?
(a) Esther's mother requested that no one be able to see her.
(b) Dr. Nolan does not like Esther's mother.
(c) She believes the visitors set back Esther's progress.
(d) Dr. Nolan is concerned for Esther's safety.

2. How does Esther learn of the circumstances that led to her rescue from the basement?
(a) Joan tells her.
(b) Through a letter that her mother writes her.
(c) Dr. Nolan tells her.
(d) Through a news article Joan shows her.

3. Who is Joan planning on living with when she leaves the asylum?
(a) Nurse Kennedy
(b) Her parents
(c) Esther
(d) Her old college roommate

4. Which of the following is NOT a privilege given to residents of Belsize?
(a) visits home
(b) walks
(c) shopping
(d) town visits

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

6. Why does Dr. Nolan arrive early at Esther's room one day?
(a) To tell her her mother will be visiting later in the day
(b) To tell her she will be having a shock treatment
(c) To tell her she is improving
(d) To have a private therapy session

7. What concern about her future does Buddy express to Esther?
(a) What people will be willing to befriend her after being in an asylum
(b) How she'll be able to maintain her sanity in the
(c) How she will be able to have a literary career when she can't write
(d) What man will marry her after being in an asylum

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

9. Who is Esther's next door neighbor in the hospital once her room is moved "up front"?
(a) Miss Norris
(b) Valerie
(c) Dr. Nolan
(d) Joan

10. Other than tabloid magazines, what type of books is Esther able to read?
(a) Abnormal psychology texts
(b) A book of short stories
(c) James Joyce's novels
(d) Poetry

11. What treatment does Dr. Gordon suggest for Esther?
(a) Admittance to an asylum
(b) Anti-depressants
(c) Shock treatment
(d) Continued weekly appointments with him

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

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

14. Why does Esther compare her photo with that of a dead girl published in the paper?
(a) To see if they wore their hair the same way.
(b) To see if they look enough alike for Esther to fake her death.
(c) To see if they looked enough alike to kill herself.
(d) To see if they might be long lost sisters.

15. What happens to Esther after having sex with Irwin?
(a) She regrets having lost her virginity to him.
(b) She begins hemorrhaging.
(c) She begins feeling like a grown woman.
(d) He treats her poorly and she leaves his apartment angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Esther visit the cemetery?

3. Why does Esther dislike Dr. Gordon?

4. What does Esther wear to her exit hearing at the asylum?

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

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