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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Henry Adams die?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1945.

3. 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) Sarah Hopkins.
(d) Andrea Frankle.

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

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

6. 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) English grammar.
(c) War songs.
(d) American history.

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

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

9. In what month was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) January.

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

11. Where did Herb finally secure a job in Chapter 7?
(a) A government office.
(b) A bar.
(c) A music supply store.
(d) A sandwich shop.

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

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

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

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 week.
(c) A month.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Herb refer to Granny's stories of female problems?

2. For what company did Florence's Mama go to work after quitting school?

3. How old was Florence's Mama when she quit school?

4. 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?

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

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