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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 & 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose presence was "destined to make the summer of 1941 a season that would live in imbecility" in Chapter 4?
(a) Florence's.
(b) Granny's.
(c) Evelyn's.
(d) Mama's.

2. What did Florence tell the school nurse she wanted to have in Chapter 8?
(a) A baby.
(b) A hysterectomy.
(c) A lobotomy.
(d) A disenchantment.

3. How many bedrooms did the apartment have which Herb signed a lease on after Florence's family was evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. Where did Herb and Mama set up their first home in Chapter 2?
(a) 17th Street.
(b) Park Road.
(c) Jameston Ave.
(d) 14th Street.

5. What term refers to the automatic repetition of vocalizations made by another person?
(a) Echocomy.
(b) Echolalia.
(c) Echonaia.
(d) Echania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mama buy to carry in her suit pocket in Chapter 5?

2. When did World War II begin?

3. Who paraphrased Henry Adams in Chapter 6, saying "culturally impossible for the American woman to be feminine because she has no defining goddesses"?

4. Who did Florence begin helping with her French homework in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 7, Herb worked increasingly less, refusing to start his own band or solicit engagements from whom, as Granny suggested?

(see the answer key)

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