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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Florence's Mama's father?
(a) James.
(b) Botetourt.
(c) Larry.
(d) Lionel.

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

3. Why was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) The building caught fire.
(b) The building was condemned.
(c) It was being segregated.
(d) Herb was arrested.

4. Granny began training Florence to be a lady with what, which they practiced in bed in Chapter 3?
(a) Ballet.
(b) Duets.
(c) Poems.
(d) Poise.

5. In Chapter 7, Herb worked increasingly less, refusing to start his own band or solicit engagements from whom, as Granny suggested?
(a) The Charleston Social Register.
(b) The Smithsonian Museum.
(c) The New York Social Register.
(d) The Washington Social Register.

6. What refers to a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal "début" presentation?
(a) Debutante.
(b) Coterie.
(c) Mademoiselle.
(d) Cotillian.

7. One of the women whom Granny nursed bequeathed her a house where?
(a) 10th Ave.
(b) Anderson Ave.
(c) Monroe Street.
(d) 14th Street.

8. What did Granny have Florence accompany her and Jensy attend on in Chapter 5?
(a) Political protests.
(b) Weddings and balls.
(c) War marches.
(d) Temporal acts of mercy.

9. Where did the ambulance take Evelyn to a hospital in Chapter 4?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Fredericksburg.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) New Rochelle.

10. What genre of literature is "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady"?
(a) Roman a clef.
(b) Historical fiction.
(c) Speculative fiction.
(d) Memoir.

11. Where did Florence's family vacation with their extended family in Chapter 4?
(a) Colonial Beach.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) St. Paul, MN.
(d) Corpus Cristi.

12. What is believed to occur when the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, comes back to life in a new form, such as another animal or anything that is living?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Karma.
(d) Rejuvenation.

13. Who moved into the maid's apartment when Granny inherited a house in Chapter 7?
(a) Mama.
(b) Herb.
(c) Florence.
(d) Jensy.

14. What black woman who worked for her in Ballston did Granny hire in Chapter 2?
(a) Jensy Custis.
(b) Sara Cummings.
(c) Miz Flora.
(d) Aunt Jonesy.

15. Who was the only man who was immune to Evelyn Cunningham's charms in Chapter 1?
(a) Larry Smith.
(b) Herbert King.
(c) Preston Hunt.
(d) James Hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Florence skip because of her grades in Chapter 5?

2. How old was Florence's Mama when she quit school?

3. On what days of the week did Herb work at his new job in Chapter 7?

4. How often did the house cleaner come to clean Mama's house in Chapter 2?

5. What teacher did Florence have upon starting junior high in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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