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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Bell Jar Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Marco remind Esther of?
(a) A movie star
(b) A diamond
(c) A snake in the zoo
(d) A tango dancer

2. What surprises Esther about Buddy's appearance when she first sees him at the sanatorium?
(a) He looks pale and sickly.
(b) He has lost weight.
(c) He has gained weight.
(d) He has cut his hair short.

3. What does Esther do when she returns to the Amazon the night that Marco attacks her?
(a) She cries hysterically.
(b) She returns home.
(c) She takes a hot bath to wash away the memory.
(d) She throws all of her clothes off of the roof.

4. What did Esther's doctor prescribe to help her symptoms?
(a) Anti-depressants
(b) Psychiatric care
(c) Sleeping pills
(d) Antibiotic

5. Why does Esther take her history book with her when she receives the phone call that Buddy is at her dorm?
(a) She plans to stop by the library after talking with Buddy.
(b) She does not know who is there to visit and plans to read her history book if he is boring.
(c) She wants Buddy to see that she is a studious person.
(d) She does not know who is there to visit and wants to be able to go to the library if the boy is horrific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only man that Esther ever considered losing her virginity to?

2. What does Esther do to help herself feel better after the botched night with Doreen and Lenny?

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

4. Why does Esther feel depressed when she returns to the Amazon?

5. Why does Esther's mother ask her about what happened to her face?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esther change from the beginning to the end of this chapter?

2. Describe Buddy's letter to Esther (that is waiting for her when she gets home).

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Esther think makes her a neurotic?

8. What leads Esther to be invited for lunch by Philomena Guinea?

9. Why does Jay Cee want Esther to come into the office instead of attending the fur show?

10. Why is Esther surprised when Buddy comes to visit her at college?

(see the answer keys)

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