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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 happens to Lyon and Anne's baby that brings them together?

2. Who does Anne meet for the first time at the luncheon?

3. What person from Anne's past returns in 1961?

4. Why does Jennifer ask Henry for money?

5. How does Kevin Gilmore refer to Lyon Burke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jennifer kill herself?

3. Why do Anne and Kevin not marry?

4. Describe Jennifer and Claude's relationship.

5. Why does Henry say that the press is not covering Neely's affair with Lyon very hard?

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

7. What do Neely's comments about Lyon spending time with other women tell the reader about her character?

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

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

10. Why does Lyon eventually decide to drop Neely from the firm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationships that Jennifer had in her life. How were these relationships similar to each other and how were they different? In your opinion, which was the best relationship for Jen?

Essay Topic 2

What is your definition of a hero? Using that criteria, do any of the characters in Valley of the Dolls qualify as a hero? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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