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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. How did Xaviera base what she charged her customers for her services?
(a) A customer's income.
(b) A customer's wants.
(c) The amount of her bills.
(d) A customer's talent.

2. What did Xaviera express toward clients who wanted things done for their service involving things Xaviera found "filthy"?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Uncertainty.

3. What standards were the girls that worked for Xaviera expected to have?
(a) Good hygiene.
(b) Dress well.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Good manners.

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

5. What business factor did Xaviera speak about in "Chapter 14, The Business of Pleasure" involving owning a brothel?
(a) Living expenses.
(b) Safe and unsafe clients.
(c) Money concerns.
(d) Location concerns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Xaviera give aliases to many of the clients she spoke of in "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream"?

2. Who was Xaviera almost killed by in her story involving a sadist?

3. What was the name of the black prostitute who was mentioned in "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream" and was said to have worked at Madeleine's brothel?

4. Which boyfriend did Xaviera say she constantly cheated on?

5. What was the name of the customer who had fantasies involving Nazi concentration camp settings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Xaviera's involvement with possible deportation in "Chapter 17, Abe the Bugger"?

2. Explain the client that was sent to Xaviera by a psychiatrist that she discusses in "Chapter 10, The Oldest Profession Updated, or, Behind Open Doors".

3. How does Xaviera end "The Happy Hooker"?

4. Who was Abe the Bugger and what did he do to Xaviera, with her permission?

5. Discuss the relationship Xaviera had with Paul Lindfield in "Chapter 15, For Pleasure More Than Profit".

6. In "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream", what does Xaviera say she tried to avoid during her time spent with clients?

7. How does Xaviera describe Paul Lindfield's personality and characteristics?

8. When Xaviera discusses operating a brothel in "Chapter 14, The Business of Pleasure", what types of things does she discuss that involved running the business?

9. In "Chapter 12, Whipped (S)cream", what does Xaviera's discussion deal with?

10. Discuss the relationship between Xaviera and Larry Dreyfus that is described in "Chapter 16, Ships in the Night".

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