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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Herb buy and move into the living room in Chapter 2?
(a) A sofa set.
(b) A piano.
(c) A rollaway bed.
(d) A baby crib.

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

6. At the end of what grade was Florence given an IQ test in Chapter 6?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Third.

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

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

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

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

11. What refers to the generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred of the human species or human nature?
(a) Malaprop.
(b) Misogynist.
(c) Mistrust.
(d) Misanthrope.

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

13. When was "The Fountainhead" published?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1931.

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

15. 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) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Herb's profession when he married?

2. What character in "The Fountainhead" did Florence attempt to emulate?

3. Who was the only man who was immune to Evelyn Cunningham's charms in Chapter 1?

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

5. What did Florence always refer to her father as?

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