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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Jennifer Hopkins.
(b) Andrea Frankle.
(c) Sarah Hopkins.
(d) Ann Hopkins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Florence's father take her to teach her to read and write during the day in Chapter 3?

2. At the end of what grade was Florence given an IQ test in Chapter 6?

3. What refers to an archetype for a young woman of the American Old South's upper class?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the family accompany Granny every six months, as described in Chapter 3? What does Florence recall about these visits?

2. What led Florence's first teacher to suggest she skip Kindergarten B in Chapter 4?

3. What was Florence's conclusion after her failed friendship with Harried in Chapter 6?

4. Why did Florence transfer schools in Chapter 7? What did she enjoy studying there?

5. What led to Florence being labeled "misanthropic" in Chapter 5?

6. What was Granny's idea of an unwarped female? How did she hope to make Florence one in Chapter 5?

7. How is Granny described in Chapters 1 and 2? What was her relationship with Mama like?

8. What altering descriptions of femininity followed the war in Chapter 6?

9. What led Granny to move in with Herb and Mama in Chapter 2? Who was Jensy?

10. What reaction did the war cause in Florence's family in Chapter 5?

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