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

2. What does Edna tell Vivian in Chapter Twenty that hurts Vivian's feelings beyond measure?
(a) She is not talented and Edna actually hated her costumes.
(b) She is a dirty whore who deserves to be ruined.
(c) Edna is going to reveal Vivian's identity to the press herself.
(d) She will never be an interesting person and she will always be insignificant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian do with her parents on Saturday nights in Chapter Twenty-Two?

2. Where does Olive tell Vivian they both have to go in Chapter Nineteen to try to salvage Vivian's reputation?

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

4. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what does Olive tell Vivian when Vivian tries to thank her for saving her?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, who does Vivian call to take her home from New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what is Vivian's impression of Jim Larsen's decision to call off their engagement after deciding to enlist in the army?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Two, who is Jim Larsen and what does he mean to Vivian?

3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Peg tell Vivian has happened to the play City of Girls that shocks Vivian?

4. In Chapter Fifteen, what does Vivian think when she realizes that Peg and Olive are romantically involved?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Vivian lie to Jim Larsen about and why does she feel so terrible about this lie?

6. In Chapter Twenty, when does Vivian realize that Olive has saved her reputation from ruin?

7. How does Vivian get home to her parents' house in Chapter Twenty-One?

8. How is Anthony Roccella different from any man Vivian has ever met before?

9. In Chapter Twenty-Three, why does Peg tell Vivian's parents she has come to collect Vivian to take her back to New York, and why does she really come back for Vivian?

10. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Edna tell Vivian about Anthony and the show, City of Girls?

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