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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. Why doesn't Esther want her picture taken for the magazine?
(a) She is about to begin crying.
(b) She doesn't like the way they styled her hair.
(c) She feels insulted by Jay Cee.
(d) She doesn't like the paper rose that Jay Cee gave her to hold.

2. What disturbs Esther about the drug that the birthing mother is given?
(a) It claims to alleviate pain, but actually only makes the woman forget her birth experience.
(b) The woman is given the drug against her will.
(c) t claims to make the woman forget the experience, but actually only alleviates pain.
(d) It was created by a man.

3. Why had Esther visited her family doctor?
(a) She is plagued by anxiety.
(b) She has developed laryngitis.
(c) She cannot read or sleep.
(d) She needs a referral for a psychiatrist.

4. Who is missing from the Ladies' Day luncheon?
(a) Hilda
(b) Doreen
(c) Betsy
(d) Esther

5. What "trick" do Betsy, Hilda and the other girls learn at the fur show?
(a) How to make a neckerchief out of mink tails
(b) How to purchase high quality furs for a low price
(c) How to make an inexpensive fur coat look more expensive
(d) How to repair a mink neckerchief using a gold chain

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Buddy tell Esther she will want to abandon once she has children?

3. What does Esther liken the potential choices she has in life to?

4. How does Esther feel about the cadavers that Buddy shows her?

5. What is Esther's first reaction when Buddy proposes to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marco attack Esther?

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

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

4. How does Buddy tell Esther about losing his virginity?

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

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

7. How does Jay Cee attempt to cheer Esther up the day of the photo shoot?

8. Why does Marco give Esther his diamond stick pin?

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

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

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