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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 Billy do on opening night of City of Girls that surprises Vivian?
(a) Sings a chorus of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow for luck.
(b) Passes around one glass of champagne for everyone to share.
(c) Gathers the cast for a pep talk and suggests they have a group prayer.
(d) Insists that Edna do an interview with Walter Winchell right before the show starts.

2. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian's brother do for the entire ride back to Clinton?
(a) Sings to her the entire time.
(b) Lambastes her for her actions.
(c) Paints her a picture.
(d) Does not speak to her at all.

3. Why does Peg tell Vivian she has come back for her?
(a) She has sympathy for Vivian's same-sex interests.
(b) She never had a daughter and Vivian is as close as she is going to get to having one.
(c) She is mad at Edna for exiling Vivian.
(d) She likes Vivian, and once she likes people, she likes them forever.

4. In Chapter Fifteen, what effect does Vivian notice that Peg's increase in drinking has on Peg?
(a) She is more tired.
(b) She is more likely to become upset about overspending.
(c) She is more tense.
(d) She is more relaxed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olive want to do in Chapter Nineteen that Peg and Billy say is no use?

2. What does Peg do to Celia in Chapter Twenty following her part in the disaster with Vivian and Arthur?

3. What does Walter Winchell try to convince Olive to do in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What does Peg have to do to entice Anthony to stay in City of Girls?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian refer to as the "song of my people?"

2. In Chapter Fifteen, what transpires between Peg and Olive that greatly hurts Olive and causes a scene in front of the whole company at The Lily?

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 Fifteen, what conclusion does Vivian come to when she tries to figure out what Edna sees in her husband Arthur?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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