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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did World War II begin?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1930.

2. How old was Florence's Mama when she quit school?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

3. In what year was Florence's Mama born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1936.

4. What is the name of the junior high school Florence attended?
(a) Central Jr. High.
(b) Maxwell Jr. High.
(c) Powell Jr. High.
(d) Williams Jr. High.

5. What refers to an archetype for a young woman of the American Old South's upper class?
(a) Southern broad.
(b) Southern mirage.
(c) Southern flora.
(d) Southern belle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose presence was "destined to make the summer of 1941 a season that would live in imbecility" in Chapter 4?

3. Who was the only man who was immune to Evelyn Cunningham's charms in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Florence's father take her to teach her to read and write during the day in Chapter 3?

5. In what month was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?

(see the answer key)

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