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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Florence's Mama grow up?
(a) Little Rock, AR.
(b) Ballston, VA.
(c) Charleston, VA.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. What is the full name of Florence's Mama?
(a) Angela King.
(b) Lura King.
(c) Louise King.
(d) Sara King.

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

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

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

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

7. Who was the principal at Florence's school in Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Ballinger.
(b) Miss Tanner.
(c) Mr. Ballinger.
(d) Mr. Jameson.

8. Where did Florence's father take her to teach her to read and write during the day in Chapter 3?
(a) His office.
(b) The library.
(c) The museum.
(d) The schoolhouse.

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

10. 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) Cotillian.
(c) Coterie.
(d) Mademoiselle.

11. 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?
(a) Her first menstruation.
(b) Her first date.
(c) Her first job.
(d) Her college acceptance.

12. On what days of the week did Herb work at his new job in Chapter 7?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Mondays and Tuesdays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Thursdays and Fridays.

13. What grade did Florence skip because of her grades in Chapter 5?
(a) Kindergarten B.
(b) 3B.
(c) 3A.
(d) 3C.

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

15. What did Mama buy to carry in her suit pocket in Chapter 5?
(a) A black rose.
(b) A blue scarf.
(c) A bullet-proof Bible.
(d) A bullet-proof flask.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What black woman who worked for her in Ballston did Granny hire in Chapter 2?

3. What was the name of Florence's Mama's father?

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

5. One of the women whom Granny nursed bequeathed her a house where?

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