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

2. What refers to a formal ball and social gathering, often the venue for presenting débutantes - usually May through December?
(a) Marriage nuptual.
(b) Opener.
(c) Cotillion ball.
(d) Coterie.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Who decided to replace the old tombstones in Congressional Cemetery with one big market in Chapter 5?
(a) James.
(b) Herb.
(c) Botetourt.
(d) Granny.

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

8. To what junior high school did Florence transfer a year after she began attending?
(a) Powell Junior High.
(b) Central Junior-Senior High.
(c) Anderson Senior High.
(d) Williams Senior High.

9. Whose Biblical theology was "enervated by her superiority complex," as noted by the author in Chapter 3?
(a) Mama's.
(b) Florence's.
(c) Jensy's.
(d) Granny's.

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

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

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

13. 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) Mademoiselle.
(b) Debutante.
(c) Coterie.
(d) Cotillian.

14. What did Herb refer to Granny's stories of female problems?
(a) The Karmata.
(b) The Ovariad.
(c) The Droll.
(d) The Illiad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Granny have Florence accompany her and Jensy attend on in Chapter 5?

2. What is the full name of Florence's Mama?

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

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

5. In what year was Florence King born?

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