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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Toad Time 1948-1955.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dorothy like her new home?
(a) Because she had a maid.
(b) Because she always had hot water and someone to pick up after her.
(c) Because she had access to every speakeasy in the neighborhood.
(d) Because she had no domestic responsibilites.

2. What did Eddie do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a dentist.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a stockbroker.

3. What historically significant event happened the same week Dorothy was fired?
(a) Prohibition ended.
(b) Women's rights were voted in.
(c) Prohibition started.
(d) The Great Depression started.

4. Where did Dorothy go when she stopped going to school?
(a) To live with her father.
(b) To a halfway house.
(c) To live with her sister.
(d) To a boarding house.

5. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?
(a) Becky Sharp.
(b) Amelia Sedley.
(c) Jemima Pinkerton.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

2. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?

3. What was the nickname of the editor of Vanity Fair Magazine?

4. To what group did Dorothy get elected to the board of in 1938?

5. How long did Dorothy's play run after it was renamed and moved to the Midwest?

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