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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 is Celia Ray's birth name?
(a) Mary Carlucci.
(b) Angelina Ballarti.
(c) Maria Theresa Beneventi.
(d) Carmella Rosada.

2. Who is the schoolgirl shop assistant who always helps Vivian out finding good materials at the garment shop?
(a) Mary.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Marjorie.

3. Which of the following does Vivian recall having anxiety about in her personal life in the summer of 1940?
(a) Pregnancy and gonorrhea scares.
(b) She was worried that she would never make any friends and she was homesick.
(c) Finances.
(d) She was worried her mother was dying.

4. What does Edna tell Vivian and Celia about finding their own fashion sense and not just following trends?
(a) We cannot just follow Paris for the sake of Paris.
(b) Fashion sense is all down to the wearer.
(c) It is not your clothes so much as your eyes that tell a story.
(d) You need to work with your own figure.

5. What does Dr. Kellogg call Vivian in Chapter Six?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Lynx.
(c) Duckling.
(d) Panther.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening in Europe right around the time Vivian moved to New York City, in the summer of 1940?

2. What does Peg first call Vivian when they meet at The Lily for the first time?

3. Who is the male dancer who is the most talented at The Lily?

4. What does Dr. Kellogg do far too much of when he has sex with Vivian?

5. Who is the dance captain at The Lily when Vivian first arrives there in 1940?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Vivian's relationship with her grandmother Morris, her father's mother, like?

2. In Chapter Seven, why does Celia tell Vivian to go get her cigarettes and not come back to the hotel room?

3. When Vivian receives a letter from Angela asking what she was to Angela's father, how does Vivian decide to respond?

4. How does Vivian's Aunt Peg receive her when Vivian first appears at The Lily?

5. In Chapter Nine, how does Vivian feel when she meets Arthur Watson?

6. How does Vivian feel about helping Edna Parker Watson unpack when she gets to The Lily?

7. What circumstances bring Edna Parker Watson and Arthur Watson to The Lily Playhouse?

8. In Chapter One, what connection does Vivian make for the first time between Grandmother Morris's death and her experience at Vassar?

9. How did Peg, Edna, and Olive first meet?

10. How does Celia Ray become Vivian's roommate?

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