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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 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 does not say anything, but slaps Vivian in the face.
(c) She tells Arthur that this is Vivian, and does he not remember her?
(d) She curses at Vivian.

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

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 quick needlework.
(b) She misses Vivian's jokes.
(c) She needs her to help put on shows at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a military contract.
(d) She misses Vivian reading to her and Olive at night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, what effect does Vivian notice that Peg's increase in drinking has on Peg?

2. Where does Vivian go with the cast and crew of City of Girls after the first show on opening night?

3. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian refer to as the song of her people?

4. What does Billy do on opening night of City of Girls that surprises Vivian?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and when does Vivian become aware that her Aunt Peg is an alcoholic?

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

4. In Chapter Sixteen, what are the initial reviews of City of Girls like?

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

6. What does the driver of the car, whose name Vivian never learns, say to Vivian in Chapter Twenty-One that devastates her?

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

8. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Vivian say is the key to falling in love so fast, and who does this sentiment pertain to at this time in her life?

9. In Chapter Twenty, what does Edna tell Vivian about what type of person she thinks Vivian is that devastates Vivian?

10. 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?

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