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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vivian do with her parents on Saturday nights in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Reads the newspaper.
(b) Goes to horse shows.
(c) Goes to country club dances with her parents.
(d) Goes to bars.

2. What paper does Walter Winchell write for?
(a) New York Times.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) New York Magazine.
(d) New York Daily Mirror.

3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, why does Peg say she wants Vivian to come back to New York City with her?
(a) She misses Vivian's jokes.
(b) She misses Vivian reading to her and Olive at night.
(c) She misses Vivian's quick needlework.
(d) She needs her to help put on shows at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a military contract.

4. In Chapter Sixteen, who got the first laugh in City of Girls?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Edna.
(d) Celia.

5. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Vivian think is the main reason for the success of City of Girls?
(a) Edna Parker Watson.
(b) The music.
(c) Her costumes.
(d) Celia Ray.

6. What is one habit that Arthur can not stop himself from performing onstage that drives the entire cast and crew crazy?
(a) He chews and snaps his gum loudly.
(b) He taps his feet very loudly in time to the music.
(c) He whispers other actors' lines.
(d) He whistles along to the music.

7. What saves Vivian from marrying her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) She tells him she is actually gay.
(b) He enlists in the army and is happy for the excuse to break off their engagement.
(c) He tells her he is actually gay.
(d) His mother will not allow it in the end because Vivian is not Catholic.

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

9. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Vivian say she was constantly grasping for during her first year in New York City?
(a) Attachment to another person.
(b) Money.
(c) Respect.
(d) Fame.

10. What is Edna's big solo song in City of Girls?
(a) Far and Away.
(b) I'm Considering Falling in Love.
(c) The Man I Love.
(d) Ain't Misbehaving.

11. Which very famous actress wrote a letter of congratulations to Edna Parker Watson in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Ethel Barrymore.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Katherine Hepburn.

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

13. What does Olive want to do in Chapter Nineteen that Peg and Billy say is no use?
(a) Go talk to Edna to try to convince her to stay in the play.
(b) Go talk to Arthur to fire him.
(c) Go to talk to Walter Winchell to try to get him not to print Vivian's name in his column.
(d) Go bribe Walter Winchell so that he will not print Vivian's name in his column.

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

15. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what does Vivian say she remembers most about the war years in New York City?
(a) Not having enough to eat.
(b) Not playing any games.
(c) Earning more money than she had ever earned before.
(d) An overriding sense of coarseness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Vivian say is the secret to falling in love so fast?

2. When does Vivian return to New York City with Peg?

3. How does Walter Winchell dismiss Peg and Vivian from his table at the club in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What does Vivian tell her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two that greatly upsets him?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian's brother do for the entire ride back to Clinton?

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