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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ship was Vivian's brother on when he was killed in the war?
(a) The USS Franklin.
(b) The USS Churchill.
(c) The USS Indiana.
(d) The USS Starcraft.

3. Who does Billy Buell hire for the lead male role in City of Girls?
(a) Anthony Roccella.
(b) Mackie Waller.
(c) Walter Winchell.
(d) Donald Herbert.

4. What does Peg apologize to Vivian for in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Not being the one to have gone with her to talk to Walter Winchell.
(b) Having let Vivian drink so much.
(c) Having believed her when she said she wanted to live at The Lily.
(d) Having invited her to New York in the first place.

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

6. What does Vivian discover is one of life's greatest secret pleasures in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Finding the perfect outfit.
(b) Eating alone by the window in a quiet restaurant.
(c) Earning your own money.
(d) Biking around a big city at night.

7. How long after they meet does it take the man who becomes Vivian's fiancee to start kissing her?
(a) A few months.
(b) One day.
(c) A year.
(d) A few weeks.

8. How does Vivian's brother Walter feel about Anthony Roccella?
(a) He thinks Vivian should marry Anthony.
(b) He thinks Anthony is fine, but he should get a job other than acting.
(c) He thinks Anthony should pretend to be from somewhere other than Brooklyn.
(d) He does not approve.

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

10. What does Vivian tell her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two that greatly upsets him?
(a) She is in a lot of debt.
(b) She hates her parents.
(c) She is a lesbian.
(d) She is not a virgin.

11. What does Edna say to Vivian in Chapter Eighteen that hurts Vivian's feelings?
(a) She tells Vivian her costumes were not very good after all.
(b) She tells Vivian Anthony can do better than her.
(c) She tells Vivian, Anthony and Arthur that they are all infants.
(d) She tells Vivian she does not belong in the theater.

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

13. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Vivian say is the secret to falling in love so fast?
(a) Being completely honest.
(b) Not really knowing the other person at all.
(c) Never talking to the other person.
(d) Not answering the person's calls.

14. In Chapter Twenty-Three, whose wedding dress does Vivian make?
(a) Peg's.
(b) Her friend Madeline's.
(c) Marjorie Lowtsky's.
(d) Her friend Bess's.

15. Who does Vivian ask in Chapter Fifteen about whether Peg is a lesbian?
(a) Billy.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Edna.
(d) Celia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy give to Olive as a gift on the evening of opening night of City of Girls?

2. Which garment shop does Vivian return to when she starts working in New York again in Chapter Twenty-Three?

3. What organization does Vivian ask Edna if she would like to attend a fundraiser for in March 1941?

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

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

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