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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 does Dr. Quinn visit Esther late one night?
(a) To have a private therapy session
(b) To reprimand her for going to Irwin's apartment
(c) To check on her after she hemorrhaged
(d) To ask for help finding Joan

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

3. Why doesn't Esther wash her clothes or bathe?
(a) It seems silly to her.
(b) It irritates her mother.
(c) She wants to preserve the memory of her time in NYC.
(d) She is too tired because she has not slept in days.

4. Who is Esther's doctor at the private hospital?
(a) Dr. Syphilis
(b) Buddy Willard
(c) Dr. Gordon
(d) Dr. Nolan

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the shock treatment make Esther feel?

2. Other than tabloid magazines, what type of books is Esther able to read?

3. How does Dr. Gordon respond to Esther's torn letter to Doreen?

4. What does Mrs. Bannister discover about Esther one evening?

5. Who is Esther's next door neighbor in the hospital once her room is moved "up front"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Nolan tell Esther about shock treatments in this chapter?

2. Describe Esther's encounter with the sailor

3. Describe the circumstances that led to Joan's hospitalization.

4. Characterize Esther's behavior in the psychiatric wards of the hospitals

5. Describe Esther's feelings about the women living in Belsize

6. What does Esther do at Deer Island?

7. What do the voices in Esther's head tell her as she sits in the park contemplating suicide?

8. Describe the circumstances that led to Esther's hospitalization.

9. How is Esther's shock treatment experience at the private hospital different than the one she had with Dr. Gordon?

10. How does the private hospital staff compare to those at the public hospital?

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