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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The dress Edna picks for herself at the garment shop in Chapter Ten is from which of the following couture labels?
(a) Prada.
(b) Gucci.
(c) Lanvin.
(d) Chanel.

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

4. Who came to the Lily Theater in September of 1940?
(a) Helen Hayes.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Edna Parker Watson and Arthur Watson.
(d) Billie Holiday.

5. Who was the scriptwriter for The Lily's plays?
(a) Arthur Tressington.
(b) Edna Watson.
(c) Richard Burton.
(d) Donald Herbert.

6. In Chapter Two, what was the name of the play Billy and Peg wrote together?
(a) Showboat.
(b) Her Jolly Affair.
(c) Three's Company.
(d) The Upstairs Downstairs.

7. Who follows the news about the war coming out of Europe most closely at The Lily?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Billy.
(c) Olive.
(d) Mr. Henderson.

8. Whose music does Peg tell Benjamin to model the music for their play featuring Edna after?
(a) George Gershwin's.
(b) Louis Armstrong's.
(c) Frank Sinatra's.
(d) Cole Porter's.

9. Who is the male dancer who is the most talented at The Lily?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Richard.
(c) Tony.
(d) Roland.

10. What play title does Peg remember Billy joking he would write for her if he had to?
(a) All's Fair When No One is There.
(b) The Famous Scrivener of Oatstown.
(c) The Murderous Mice of Milltown.
(d) The Fat Lady and the Stepladder.

11. What does Peg first call Vivian when they meet at The Lily for the first time?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Babe.
(c) Kiddo.
(d) Greenhorn.

12. What does Dr. Kellogg do far too much of when he has sex with Vivian?
(a) Scream.
(b) Stare.
(c) Pinch her.
(d) Talk.

13. Who was George Bernard Shaw's favorite actress, according to Vivian in Chapter Nine?
(a) Edna Parker Watson.
(b) Helen Mirren.
(c) Ethel Barrymore.
(d) Helen Hayes.

14. What was happening in Europe right around the time Vivian moved to New York City, in the summer of 1940?
(a) The Germans had begun losing their own soldiers to desertion.
(b) The United States had started shipping large convoys of soldiers to Europe.
(c) The Germans had taken over Poland.
(d) The Germans had invaded France and were marching into Paris.

15. Who moves into Vivian's room with her on her second night at The Lily?
(a) Celia Ray.
(b) Margaret Taylor.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Donald Herbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vivian says in Chapter Seven that for a woman to get good at sex, she needs time, patience, and which of the following?

2. What do Celia and Vivian help Edna do when she first arrives at The Lily?

3. What does Vivian remember thinking when she saw Edna Parker Watson for the first time?

4. Why does Vivian think she might have done so badly at Vassar?

5. In Chapter Seven, what does Celia send Vivian out of the hotel room to get in order to save her from being involved in a sexual assault?

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