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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Anne and Lyon's baby?

2. How does Anne find out that Lyon and Neely are having an affair?

3. What other work does Jennifer North have done before going to America?

4. Who does Anne say she wants to marry while at lunch with Henry?

5. In the end, what does Ted do when Neely confronts him while he is with another person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne say about not marrying Lyon Burke and being changed when Henry asks her about it at lunch?

2. Why does Anne include Spain in her list of places to go on her honeymoon?

3. Why does Neely return from Hollywood after only three weeks of shooting?

4. Describe Jennifer and Claude's relationship.

5. Why does Jennifer kill herself?

6. What is the catalyst for Anne going to see Lyon again?

7. Why does Neely not want to continue the tour?

8. Why does Kevin Gilmore want Anne to be the Gillian girl?

9. Why does Jennifer go to Switzerland?

10. Why is Jennifer so smitten with Senator Winston Adams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Valley of the Dolls is told in a unique way. Each chapter tells someone else's view of what is going on in life during the novel. The setting and narrator often shift. Would you consider this novel to be third person limited or omniscient? Explain your answer and use evidence from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel, Anne says, "She knew now there would always be a Neely, or a Margie... but each time it would hurt less, and afterward she would love Lyon less, until one day there would be nothing left-no hurt, and no love." Analyze this quote. What does Anne mean when she states it? Do you agree or disagree with this new outlook on life. Support your answer with evidence form the text.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the two major settings of the book (New York and Hollywood). How are they similar and how are they different? Did either of these settings change the character who lived there? If so, explain how.

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