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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last thing Xaviera listed in her observations of her job in "Chapter 11, Different Strokes for Different Folks, or, Wall Street and Me"?
(a) Types of brothels.
(b) Types of johns.
(c) Types of employees.
(d) Types of lingerie.

2. What method did Xaviera talk about while she discussed her business tips?
(a) Safety from harmful clients.
(b) Medication.
(c) Safety in numbers.
(d) Birth control.

3. Why did Xaviera stay with Larry even though she did not completely enjoy their relationship?
(a) She hoped he would change.
(b) He was her last chance to have a husband.
(c) Her parents liked him.
(d) Constant reassurance of a boyfriend.

4. What did Xaviera categorize in"Chapter 11, Different Strokes for Different Folks, or, Wall Street and Me"?
(a) Her clients.
(b) Locations of brothels.
(c) Pros and cons of prostitution.
(d) Uses of money.

5. When Xaviera conversed with a married woman in "Chapter 10, The Oldest Profession Updated, or, Behind Open Doors", the woman informed her that she'd rather her husband cheat on her with a prostitute than to what?
(a) Harm her.
(b) Ignore her.
(c) Divorce her.
(d) Cheat with a full-time mistress.

6. Which activity was involved in the scenes Xaviera had staged for johns during her time as a prostitute?
(a) Storytelling.
(b) Watching TV.
(c) Watching a movie.
(d) Listening to the radio.

7. What type of customers did Xaviera focus on in her discussion in "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream"?
(a) Customers who didn't pay.
(b) Obnoxious customers.
(c) Shy customers.
(d) Sadists and masochists.

8. What activities did Xaviera say she felt were completely separate from each other?
(a) Love and sex.
(b) Career and hobby.
(c) Money and career.
(d) Love and marriage.

9. What did Xaviera say she never saw during her years as a prostitute?
(a) A theft.
(b) An arrest.
(c) A venereal disease.
(d) A murder.

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

11. What was the last thing Xaviera discussed about prostitution before the book ended?
(a) Why she retired from prostitution.
(b) The general status of prostitutes.
(c) The danger of the prostitution world.
(d) The respect she gave the prostitutes who worked for her.

12. What was the name of Xaviera's customer who was a famous DJ in New York?
(a) William H. Levy.
(b) William B. Levi.
(c) William H. Levi.
(d) William B. Levy.

13. What did Xaviera refer to when she said the line, "ships passing in the night", in "Chapter 16, Ships in the Night"?
(a) Her affairs with men.
(b) Her mother and father's marriage.
(c) Her understanding of society.
(d) Her meetings with her step-sister.

14. Where did Xaviera meet Paul Lindfield?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Miami.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Houston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another word used in the book to describe a customer of a prostitute?

2. When Xaviera described the girls who worked for her, what did she say they were expected to do?

3. Who did Xaviera say made the best clients for prostitutes?

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

5. Who did Xaviera say she trusted when it came to her business as a madam of a brothel?

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