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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did Herb and Mama live after marrying?
(a) Oxford, MS.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Charleston, S.C.

2. What did Florence's junior high school become a school for a year after she began attending?
(a) Black children.
(b) Young boys.
(c) Business college.
(d) Young girls.

3. When was Henry Adams born?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1919.

4. In what year was Florence King born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1942.

5. What Shakespearean word meaning women of the lower orders did Herb reveal to Florence in Chapter 8?
(a) Brains.
(b) Onaids.
(c) Wenches.
(d) Malkins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose Biblical theology was "enervated by her superiority complex," as noted by the author in Chapter 3?

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

4. In Chapter 9, the college president welcomed the Class of what year?

5. Granny began training Florence to be a lady with what, which they practiced in bed in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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