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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur tell Vivian about Edna's taste in men in Chapter Eighteen?

2. What does the driver of the car in Chapter Twenty-One say to Vivian that devastates her?

3. What does Billy spend an enormous sum of money on for the dancers and stars of City of Girls right before the show opens?

4. In Chapter Fourteen, where is Vivian's new boyfriend born and raised?

5. In Chapter Twenty-Two, who does Peg say will never leave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Sixteen, what are the initial reviews of City of Girls like?

2. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Edna tell Vivian about Anthony and the show, City of Girls?

3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, who is Jim Larsen and what does he mean to Vivian?

4. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian refer to as the "song of my people?"

5. In Chapter Fifteen, what transpires between Peg and Olive that greatly hurts Olive and causes a scene in front of the whole company at The Lily?

6. What does Peg tell Vivian about how she feels about the fact that Olive was the one to take Vivian to The Stork to talk to Walter Winchell?

7. In Chapter Twenty, what does Edna tell Vivian about what type of person she thinks Vivian is that devastates Vivian?

8. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Billy tell Vivian to look for in the lobby during intermission among the theater goers as a sign they like the play?

9. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Vivian say is the key to falling in love so fast, and who does this sentiment pertain to at this time in her life?

10. On the way back to New York in Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Peg tell Vivian about sin and contrition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how, and when, Vivian finds and nurtures deep, respectful, and fulfilling friendships with women.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Vivian's relationship with her parents, and describe how it changes as she matures over the course of the novel. How does Walter's death change the dynamic of the Morris family?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the emotional connections Vivian draws between her grandmother, her Aunt Peg, fashion, and The Lily Theater, citing specific references to the text to support your answers.

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