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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. What does Peg remind Billy of from their past when he wants to spend more money than she and Olive are comfortable with?
(a) Kansas City in 1933, when Billy left Peg and Olive holding the bag.
(b) Chicago in 1928 when Billy had bought all the props in their name.
(c) The theater in San Francisco from two years earlier that Billy had left them with the lease for.
(d) The Lily Theater from five years earlier when Billy had skipped out on the bills.

2. What is the name of the garment shop where Vivian routinely goes for fabric for her costumes?
(a) Marmaline's.
(b) Barley's.
(c) Lowtsky's.
(d) Perkinson's.

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

4. Which of the following does Vivian recall having anxiety about in her personal life in the summer of 1940?
(a) Pregnancy and gonorrhea scares.
(b) Finances.
(c) She was worried her mother was dying.
(d) She was worried that she would never make any friends and she was homesick.

5. What about Edna's fashion sense changes Vivian's impressions of what looks best on women?
(a) Edna wears lots of crinoline and it looks fantastic on her.
(b) Edna wears trousers and makes them look very chic.
(c) Edna can wear wide, thick belts, which look good on her.
(d) Edna only wears clothes from thrift shops, and it teaches Vivian that clothes do not have to be expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to the Lily Theater in September of 1940?

2. Where does Vivian go to college for one year?

3. Whose room does Vivian stay in at The Lily?

4. What does Vivian realize Edna has the most of in her wardrobe?

5. What does the term "safety" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter One, why do Vivian's parents send her to live with her Aunt Peg in the summer of 1940?

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

3. In Chapter Seven, what does Vivian write to her mother about when she writes her letters?

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

5. When Vivian receives a letter from Angela asking what she was to Angela's father, how does Vivian decide to respond?

6. 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?

7. How does Vivian feel about helping Edna Parker Watson unpack when she gets to The Lily?

8. In Chapter Eight, how did Vivian feel about the impending war in 1940?

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

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

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