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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 do with Celia and Arthur in Chapter Eighteen that nearly ruins her reputation?
(a) Kisses Anthony and Celia at the same time under a streetlight, which a photographer catches.
(b) Gets arrested.
(c) Gives an interview to a paper bad-mouthing Edna and Anthony.
(d) Beats someone badly.

2. What song does the choir sing at Walter's funeral that Vivian cries through?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) His Eye is on the Sparrow.
(c) Eagle's Wings.
(d) How Can I Keep From Singing?

3. What does Vivian walk in on Peg and Olive doing late one night at The Lily in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Dancing romantically.
(b) Playing the piano and singing loudly together.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Drinking cocktails.

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

5. In Chapter Fifteen, what does Vivian mean when she says Edna Parker Watson is a generous actress?
(a) She advocates for all actors to get paid more.
(b) She makes it clear that she will donate most of her salary to charity.
(c) She manages to make everyone else's performances better, too.
(d) She asks for the other actors to take more bows than she does.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, when does City of Girls premiere?

2. What does Vivian tell her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two that greatly upsets him?

3. What does Vivian overhear Billy telling Peg about why he likes Anthony Roccella so much in Chapter 15?

4. Who dresses Edna instead of Vivian in Chapter Twenty?

5. What does Edna say to Vivian in Chapter Eighteen that hurts Vivian's feelings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. Why does Billy hire Anthony Roccella without ever even hearing him sing?

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

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

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

10. On the way back to New York in Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Peg tell Vivian about sin and contrition?

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