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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Esther always have with her as she walks around Belsize?
(a) A book
(b) A blanket
(c) Paper and a pencil
(d) A photograph

3. Who does Esther meet at the Widener Library?
(a) Buddy
(b) Jody
(c) Joan
(d) Irwin

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

5. Why does Esther's mother bring her roses?
(a) For her birthday
(b) For Valentine's day
(c) To cheer her up
(d) They are a gift from Buddy

6. What trait does Dr. Nolan say women find attractive in each other?
(a) Intelligence
(b) Tenderness
(c) Beauty
(d) Compassion

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

8. Where does Esther tell the sailor she is is from?
(a) Chicago
(b) San Francisco
(c) Boston
(d) New York City

9. 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.

10. According to Dr. Nolan, how often will Esther need to have shock treatments?
(a) 3 times a week
(b) 3 times a month
(c) Every other week
(d) 2 times a week

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

12. Why does Buddy Willard visit Esther in the asylum?
(a) He wants to know the details of Joan's death.
(b) He wants to ask her to marry him.
(c) He wants to make sure that Esther is well enough to return to college.
(d) He wants to know if he drove she and Joan to insanity.

13. What field does Joan tell Esther she plans on studying when she returns to college?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Psychiatry
(c) Religion
(d) Physics

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

15. What sort of doctor does Dr. Nolan refer Esther to?
(a) A gynecologist
(b) An obstetrician
(c) A psychiatrist
(d) A orthopedist

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What concern about her future does Buddy express to Esther?

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

4. What does the nurse tell Esther to help her feel more relaxed during her first shock treatment?

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

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