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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. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?
(a) The Cub Lions.
(b) The Three Blind Mice.
(c) The Jokers.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

2. Where did Alan take Dorothy on their honeymoon?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Paris.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) California.

3. Whose speakeasy did Dorothy and Benchley frequent?
(a) Billy Wilkerson.
(b) Tony Soma.
(c) Owney Madden.
(d) Jimmy Walker.

4. What happened across the country in 1933?
(a) Prohibition was repealed.
(b) The stock market crashed.
(c) Socialist ideas were widespread.
(d) World War I ended.

5. How old was Dorothy's father when he met her mother?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, of Dorothy's friends, was she most saddened to be distanced from?

2. What significant happening occurred when Dorothy was only 5 years old?

3. How long was Benchley with Dorothy on her trip to Paris?

4. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?

5. What did Dorothy do to all the work she created while in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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