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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Florence's nemesis who couldn't understand Florence's disdain for popularity in Chapter 5?
(a) Miss Letote.
(b) Miss Ogilvy.
(c) Miss Tanner.
(d) Miss Ballinger.

2. When did Mama begin getting contractions in Chapter 2?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Christmas Day.

3. What was Herb's profession when he married?
(a) Bartender and musician.
(b) Writer and journalist.
(c) Bartender and actor.
(d) Musician and actor.

4. In what grade did Florence begin studying French?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Seventh.

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

6. Where did Herb and Mama set up their first home in Chapter 2?
(a) 17th Street.
(b) Jameston Ave.
(c) 14th Street.
(d) Park Road.

7. 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) Agnosticism.
(b) Karma.
(c) Rejuvenation.
(d) Reincarnation.

8. What is the view that the truth value of certain claims -- especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims -- is unknown or unknowable?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Gnosticism.
(d) Atheism.

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

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

11. 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 Washington Social Register.
(c) The New York Social Register.
(d) The Smithsonian Museum.

12. Why was Herb ineligible for war?
(a) He was partially paralyzed.
(b) He had flat feet and bad eyes.
(c) He had mental problems.
(d) He was partially deaf.

13. 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) Granny's.
(d) Evelyn's.

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

15. Where did Florence begin sleeping after outgrowing her crib in Chapter 3?
(a) With Herb in his room.
(b) With Granny on the sofa bed.
(c) With Mama in her room.
(d) With Granny in Mama's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of "The Fountainhead"?

2. When was Henry Adams born?

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

4. What did Mama do when Florence's teacher sent home remarks that Florence was unsociable in Chapter 5?

5. What did Herb buy and move into the living room in Chapter 2?

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