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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did Florence's family accompany Granny to church?
(a) Every 6 months.
(b) Every year.
(c) Every month.
(d) Every Sunday.

2. From what did Granny's son die at a young age?
(a) Polio.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Rabies.

3. What did Florence draw when her teacher asked her to sketch something on her first day of school?
(a) Her house.
(b) The R. M. S. Titanic.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her family.

4. What overdeveloped girl in Florence's class explained they were determining where to put each person in the junior high track in Chapter 6?
(a) Ann Hopkins.
(b) Jennifer Hopkins.
(c) Andrea Frankle.
(d) Sarah Hopkins.

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

6. Who did Evelyn Cunningham fall in love with at first sight in Chapter 1?
(a) Herbert King.
(b) Anderson King.
(c) Larry Smith.
(d) Preston Hunt.

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

8. To what school did Mama take Florence to for her first day in Chapter 4?
(a) Kindergarten C.
(b) Kindergarten B.
(c) Kindergarten A.
(d) Kindergarten D.

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

10. What did Mama begin teaching Florence in Chapter 5 which Granny objected to, saying the child would turn out warped?
(a) Temporal acts of mercy.
(b) War songs.
(c) English grammar.
(d) American history.

11. What teacher did Florence have upon starting junior high in Chapter 6?
(a) Miss Ballinger.
(b) Mrs. Otter.
(c) Miss Ogilvy.
(d) Miss Tanner.

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

13. 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) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. In the Prologue, the author states that what enjoy a generic recognition only in the South?
(a) The Aristocracy.
(b) Ladies.
(c) Gentlemen.
(d) Priests.

15. After Florence was born, Granny had her friends and neighbors bring her belongings for how long in Chapter 2?
(a) Two months.
(b) A month.
(c) A year.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Florence's Mama born?

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

4. To what junior high school did Florence transfer a year after she began attending?

5. Florence's grandmother gave her an article from "Daughters" magazine about how God fashioned the Southern girl from all the wonders of His creation in celebration of what?

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