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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 does Buddy take Esther to do while she is visiting him at the sanatorium?
(a) Ski
(b) Dance
(c) Go for a drive through the mountains
(d) Buy an engagement ring

2. Who has Mrs. Willard promised to introduce Esther to in New York City?
(a) A simultaneous interpreter at the UN
(b) The editor of a major literary magazine
(c) Her son, Buddy
(d) An ambassador at the UN

3. What trait makes Esther admire Jay Cee?
(a) Her looks
(b) Her directness
(c) Her intelligence
(d) Her success

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

5. Why does Buddy ask Esther whether she'd like to live in the city or the country?
(a) To determine if she is neurotic
(b) To determine where they should buy their first house
(c) To decide where to take her on vacation
(d) To see if they are compatible

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marco give Esther?

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

3. Why does Esther trade her robe to Betsy for a skirt and shirt?

4. What does Marco remind Esther of?

5. What unusual gift does Buddy give Esther when she arrives in his room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Esther upset when Buddy tells her he is no longer a virgin?

2. Describe the story that Esther reads in the short story book from the Ladies' Day magazine

3. What does Esther decide about her friendship with Doreen the night of their visit to Lenny's apartment? What causes her to make this decision?

4. Why does Esther decide to take a bath when she returns to her hotel?

5. Compare Constantin and Buddy.

6. Describe the Amazon.

7. What happens on the hill behind the chemistry lab at Yale?

8. Describe the article that Esther's mother gives her from Reader's Digest ("In Defense of Chastity").

9. What is Esther's standing joke with her grandfather about caviar?

10. What does Esther think makes her a neurotic?

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