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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 Mary do to make money?
(a) Take in boarders.
(b) Work as a nurse.
(c) Clean houses.
(d) Cook at a restaurant.

2. Who shares Vivian's grief of having lost a spouse?
(a) The Preacher.
(b) Frankie.
(c) Mr. Bailey.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

3. Where does Vivian live when the book opens?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Canada.
(d) Calfornia.

4. How long has it been since Preacher Thomas's wife has passed away?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 8 years.

5. Who is Vivian's middle child?
(a) Esther.
(b) Jane.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Chloe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vivian take her coffee?

2. Who performs during Vivian's meeting with Mr. Franklin?

3. What is the name of Vivian's daughters' group?

4. Where does Vivian say she and the girls always dreamed of traveling?

5. Who performed at the Champagne Supper Club the month earlier who Vivian knows is a big star?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Vivian's girls tease Vivian about, and why?

2. What is the name of the girls' singing group and what does the name signify?

3. What dream has Vivian had for many years for her daughters?

4. What do people call Esther at Horace's bookshop and why?

5. What kind of relationship do Mary and VIvian have?

6. Who does Vivian confide in about her consternation over Ruth's choices, and why?

7. What does the police officer tell Vivian and Freddy in Part II?

8. Why did Vivian originally move from Louisiana to California?

9. What does Vivian worry Ruth will regret?

10. What do Ruth and Gerry tell VIvian when she tells them Mr. Franklin want to manage The Salvations?

(see the answer keys)

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