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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 have to do to entice Anthony to stay in City of Girls?
(a) Get his photo in the paper.
(b) Pay him more.
(c) Give him a bigger role.
(d) Promise him the lead role in The Lily's next play.

2. What nickname does Vivian's fiancee call her that her brother also calls her?
(a) Victory.
(b) Vivie.
(c) Vee.
(d) Viv.

3. Where does Billy end up taking City of Girls?
(a) The Old Vic Theater.
(b) The Atlantic Theater.
(c) The Morosco Theater.
(d) The Helen Hayes Theater.

4. Where does Vivian go in Chapter Fifteen rather than disturb the moment she walks in on Peg and Olive sharing together?
(a) To Anthony's house.
(b) To Celia's house.
(c) An all-night diner in Times Square.
(d) To visit her brother Walter on his navy base.

5. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what does Olive tell Vivian when Vivian tries to thank her for saving her?
(a) To save her apologies for the next time.
(b) Not to be so grasping.
(c) That she has always loved Vivian.
(d) That she was young and stupid once too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy spend an enormous sum of money on for the dancers and stars of City of Girls right before the show opens?

2. Which critic wrote a glowing review of Vivian's costumes for City of Girls?

3. What does Edna say to Vivian in Chapter Twenty-Three when Vivian bumps into her by chance?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Vivian do for employment?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, why does Peg say she wants Vivian to come back to New York City with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Billy tell Vivian to look for in the lobby during intermission among the theater goers as a sign they like the play?

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

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

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