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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the dance captain at The Lily when Vivian first arrives there in 1940?
(a) Celia.
(b) Linda.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Merry.

3. Where does Vivian go to college for one year?
(a) Vassar.
(b) Barnard.
(c) Smith.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moves into Vivian's room with her on her second night at The Lily?

2. What is Celia Ray's birth name?

3. Who taught Vivian how to do the activity she most enjoys in Chapter One?

4. What question does Edna ask Celia when the two first meet that endears Edna to Celia?

5. What does Peg remind Billy of from their past when he wants to spend more money than she and Olive are comfortable with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vivian describe Celia's feelings about being assaulted in the hotel room in Chapter 7?

2. Who is Mr. Donald Herbert and how does he react when Peg asks him to write a good, new play for Edna to star in?

3. In Chapter One, what connection does Vivian make for the first time between Grandmother Morris's death and her experience at Vassar?

4. What circumstances bring Edna Parker Watson and Arthur Watson to The Lily Playhouse?

5. How does Vivian spend most of her time during her one year at Vassar College?

6. What was Vivian's relationship with her grandmother Morris, her father's mother, like?

7. In Chapter Two, who meets Vivian at the train station and what is this person like?

8. In Chapter Seven, why does Celia tell Vivian to go get her cigarettes and not come back to the hotel room?

9. In Chapter Three, what does Vivian refer to as her "perfect" New York?

10. How did Peg, Edna, and Olive first meet?

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