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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 20 - 26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Peg use when yelling at Olive in Chapter Fifteen that shocks the entire cast and crew of City of Girls?
(a) Hell.
(b) Shit.
(c) Fucking.
(d) Bastardly.

2. Which famous singer did Vivian hear perform in the summer of 1940, though she barely remembers it?
(a) Ella Fitzgerald.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

3. Why does Peg tell Vivian she has come back for her?
(a) She has sympathy for Vivian's same-sex interests.
(b) She is mad at Edna for exiling Vivian.
(c) She likes Vivian, and once she likes people, she likes them forever.
(d) She never had a daughter and Vivian is as close as she is going to get to having one.

4. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what does Vivian find that makes her miss Celia?
(a) Ornate sunglasses she had bought because Celia had liked them.
(b) A necklace that had been Celia's.
(c) Lingerie that had been Celia's.
(d) Earrings that had been Celia's.

5. Why was Peg unable to meet Vivian at the train station when Vivian first arrives in New York?
(a) She was going to the doctor with one of the dancers.
(b) She was appearing in court.
(c) She was too drunk.
(d) There was a small fire at the theater she needed to take care of.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Kellogg serve to Vivian when she arrives at his house in Chapter Six?

2. What does Jennie tell her grandmother her diaphragm was for?

3. How does Vivian's brother Walter feel about Anthony Roccella?

4. Who does Vivian wake up from celebrating her twentieth birthday to find unexpectedly in her room, staring at her?

5. Who does Celia say will fix her black eye that she gets when the men in the hotel in Chapter Seven assault her?

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