Florence King | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. How is Mama described in her youth in Chapter 1?

In Chapter 1, Florence's Mama was born in 1908 and grew up on a dirt road in Ballston. After her father died, Botetourt, her older brother, left Granny and Mama alone. Never interested in creating appearances, Mama quit school at age 15, went to work for the telephone company and joined their softball team.

2. How is Evelyn Cunningham described in Chapter 1? Why did she stay with Granny?

Since she could do nothing about Mama, Granny searched for a surrogate daughter which she could make into a Southern lady, and she found this in her niece, Evelyn Cunningham. Evelyn had mental and female issues, and when Aunt Nana tried to send Evelyn to an insane asylum, she ran to Granny and stayed for two years.

3. What attracted men to Evelyn Cunningham? Who was...
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