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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 7 - 13).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Peg told Edna about performing for the troops during the Great War?
(a) To treat the troops like they had never seen a show before.
(b) To treat the troops like this was the last show they would ever see before they died.
(c) To be gentle with the troops.
(d) Not to degrade the troops with her pity.

2. In Chapter Seven, what news does Vivian's mother write to her about her brother Walter about?
(a) Walter got an award for football.
(b) Walter got a job on Wall Street.
(c) Walter is engaged.
(d) Walter plans to quit Princeton and join the Navy.

3. Who makes custom clothes for Edna?
(a) Her own sister.
(b) An Indian tailor in London.
(c) Her own grandmother.
(d) A dear family friend who has tailored clothes for Edna's family for decades.

4. How had Edna Parker Watson and Peg become friends?
(a) They had met through family friends.
(b) They had met through Peg's estranged husband, Billy Buell.
(c) They had met in France during the Great War.
(d) They had met in acting school.

5. What surprises Vivian about Angela's letter that she receives in April 2010?
(a) Angela's handwriting is terrible.
(b) Angela has just had her first baby.
(c) Angela's husband has recently passed away.
(d) Angela's mother has recently passed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Peg own?

2. Who is the male dancer who is the most talented at The Lily?

3. The dress Edna picks for herself at the garment shop in Chapter Ten is from which of the following couture labels?

4. Whose music does Peg tell Benjamin to model the music for their play featuring Edna after?

5. What cocktail does Peg seem to favor the most when she drinks at home?

(see the answer key)

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