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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. Where do Jennifer and Winston Adams make their first public debut as a couple?

2. Who does Neely read that Anne is dating in the columns in 1950?

3. What emotion best describes how Kevin feels about this visitor from Anne's past?

4. What happens to Kevin Gillmore that caused him to want to marry Anne?

5. Why does Jennifer think no one loves her for more than her face or body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jennifer kill herself?

2. How does Lyon react when he finds out Jennifer Burke has been born?

3. Why do Kevin, Anne, and Neely go upstate to the sanitarium.

4. What is the catalyst for Anne going to see Lyon again?

5. How does Lyon find out that Anne lent him the money in secret?

6. What does Ted do after he and Neely fight when Neely finds him with another girl?

7. How does Henry take the news that Anne will be leaving him to become the Gillian girl?

8. Why is Jennifer so smitten with Senator Winston Adams?

9. Why does Kevin Gillmore finally ask Anne to marry him?

10. How does Neely react when she realizes that she missed her sons' birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Neely. Why does she do the things she does and what has happened in her life to make her this way? Do you believe that Lyon's statement that she will self-destruct is true? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

A tragic hero is a literary character who allows his or her own personality characteristics to get in the way of success and lead to his or her ultimate failure. Choose one character from Valley of The Dolls who you believe is a tragic hero. Why do you believe this character is a tragic hero? What are this person's personality characteristics that lead to his or her downfall or ultimate failure? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Valley of the Dolls, there is a huge emphasis put on finding a husband. Everyone but Anne seems obsessed with this idea. Is there still a huge emphasis placed on women to find husbands? If not, why do you believe this has changed? Use evidence from society and modern-day examples to support your answers.

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