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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Xaviera claim had an effect on the amount of business she received?
(a) Word of mouth.
(b) Previous clients.
(c) The news.
(d) The stock market.

2. What kind of groups did Xaviera discuss in "Chapter 11, Different Strokes for Different Folks, or, Wall Street and Me" in order to discuss their behaviors when they ordered the service of a prostitute?
(a) Wealthy groups.
(b) Intellectual groups.
(c) Male groups.
(d) Ethnic groups.

3. With what type of emotion did Xaviera end the book?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sadness.

4. Who was told to help when servicing a john who wanted an elaborate scene?
(a) Friends.
(b) Paid extras.
(c) Construction workers.
(d) Costume designer.

5. What did Xaviera compare to her days as a prostitute at the end of the book?
(a) Prostitution before her time.
(b) People's thoughts on prostitution when she was in the business.
(c) Prostitution in the future.
(d) Prostitution of today.

6. How did Xaviera describe Larry when they were in a relationship?
(a) Happy.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Sincere.

7. When Robert went to see Xaviera, he told her he would rather pay to be with an honest prostitute than what?
(a) An unattractive wife.
(b) Nothing at all.
(c) A dishonest wife.
(d) Be married.

8. What was the name of the customer who had fantasies involving Nazi concentration camp settings?
(a) Jake.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Alex.
(d) Abraham.

9. What did Xaviera's relationship with Paul echo?
(a) Her relationship with her father.
(b) Her relationship with Evelyn St. John.
(c) Her relationship with Carl.
(d) Her relationship with Junior.

10. How did Xaviera feel about prostitution as a profession by the end of the book?
(a) She no longer felt it was a respectable profession.
(b) She still felt it was a respectable profession.
(c) She felt bad for the girls who became prostitutes.
(d) She no longer felt it was a necessary profession.

11. Why did a psychiatrist send a 29-year-old male virgin to see Xaviera?
(a) He had dysfunctional relationships.
(b) He was afraid to have sex.
(c) He hoped to scare the boy.
(d) He liked Xaviera.

12. Why did Xaviera give aliases to many of the clients she spoke of in "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream"?
(a) None of the above.
(b) To protect them and herself.
(c) To protect them.
(d) To protect herself.

13. What did Xaviera say prostitutes had to be for their clients?
(a) Friends.
(b) Girlfriends.
(c) The same thing to every person.
(d) Different things to different people.

14. Which boyfriend did Xaviera say she constantly cheated on?
(a) Carl.
(b) Junior.
(c) Evelyn St. John.
(d) Larry.

15. Who did Xaviera put in charge of collecting bounced checks in "Chapter 14, The Business of Pleasure"?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Lenora.
(c) Lena.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Xaviera spoke of an actress who was a customer of hers, what did the actress' husband do for a living?

2. What did Xaviera say her services did for her clients?

3. What characteristic did Xaviera use to describe stockbrokers who had been clients of hers?

4. How did Xaviera base what she charged her customers for her services?

5. What were most of the prostitutes' favorite age group when it came to their clients?

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