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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the driver of the car in Chapter Twenty-One say to Vivian that devastates her?
(a) He calls her a dirty little whore.
(b) He says he can not be in her presence a minute longer.
(c) He says he wishes he had never driven her.
(d) He says she is the ugliest woman he has ever met.

2. What does Walter Winchell try to convince Olive to do in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Come to work for him.
(b) Write his column for the next day.
(c) Move back to England.
(d) Sell him the photographs she has.

3. What is Walter Winchell's daughter's name?
(a) Willow.
(b) Walda.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Wynona.

4. What nickname does Vivian's fiancee call her that her brother also calls her?
(a) Vee.
(b) Viv.
(c) Victory.
(d) Vivie.

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

6. Who delivers the news that Walter is dead to Vivian's mother?
(a) Peg.
(b) The local priest.
(c) Vivian's father.
(d) Mike Roemer.

7. Where was Vivian when Pearl Harbor happened?
(a) Watching Dumbo with Jim Larsen.
(b) Working at her father's company.
(c) Riding horses with her mother.
(d) Swimming in her family's pool.

8. What does Peg have to do to entice Anthony to stay in City of Girls?
(a) Get his photo in the paper.
(b) Pay him more.
(c) Promise him the lead role in The Lily's next play.
(d) Give him a bigger role.

9. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Edna critically tell Vivian is distracting her?
(a) Her financial troubles.
(b) Anthony Roccella.
(c) Her brother's being in the war.
(d) Her mother's illness.

10. Where does Billy end up taking City of Girls?
(a) The Morosco Theater.
(b) The Helen Hayes Theater.
(c) The Old Vic Theater.
(d) The Atlantic Theater.

11. What does Edna say to Vivian in Chapter Twenty-Three when Vivian bumps into her by chance?
(a) She does not say anything, but slaps Vivian in the face.
(b) She curses at Vivian.
(c) She tells Arthur that this is Vivian, and does he not remember her?
(d) She tells Vivian she does not believe she knows her.

12. Which garment shop does Vivian return to when she starts working in New York again in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Lowtsky's.
(b) Gendarmes.
(c) Mode.
(d) The Threads.

13. What does Billy spend an enormous sum of money on for the dancers and stars of City of Girls right before the show opens?
(a) Two Norwegian masseuses.
(b) Support animals like puppies to relieve the tension.
(c) The best pizzas in town delivered hot to the theater every day.
(d) Fresh-cut flowers every day.

14. What does Vivian do with her fiancee right after they break their engagement in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Laugh together.
(d) Go ice-skating.

15. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what does Vivian help Peg and Olive to do at the Navy Yard?
(a) Rivet weapons and ship materials.
(b) Cook in the cafeteria for the troops in training.
(c) Produce plays for the personnel there.
(d) Make flags.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur tell Vivian about Edna's taste in men in Chapter Eighteen?

2. What word does Peg use when yelling at Olive in Chapter Fifteen that shocks the entire cast and crew of City of Girls?

3. What does Marjorie Lowtsky tell Vivian about her family in Chapter Twenty-Three that makes Vivian feel genuine sympathy for her?

4. What song does the choir sing at Walter's funeral that Vivian cries through?

5. What is one habit that Arthur can not stop himself from performing onstage that drives the entire cast and crew crazy?

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