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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 position did Florence apply for at her graduate school?
(a) Dorm proctor.
(b) Librarian.
(c) History secretary.
(d) Athletics supervisor.

2. Florence attempted to read a brochure from her mother's box of what in Chapter 8?
(a) Migraine medicine.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Birth control pills.
(d) Tampons.

3. In Chapter 8, Florence began to have cramps so bad that her grandmother took her where?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A pediatrician.
(c) A midwife.
(d) A gynecologist.

4. Who did Florence begin helping with her French homework in Chapter 15?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Tulaplee.
(c) Bres.
(d) Andronica.

5. Who was a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Diana.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bres' mother do when Florence begged her for something that belonged to Bres in Chapter 16?

2. What did Bres define as "a woman of great stature, strength and courage who is not feminine in conventional ways" in Chapter 14?

3. Bres got rid of the rest of the members of the Grope in Chapter 14 by telling them that she and Florence had to discuss what?

4. What is a type of economic system proposed as a replacement for capitalism and alternative to state socialism, which uses federations of collectivized trade unions or industrial unions?

5. What Shakespearean word meaning women of the lower orders did Herb reveal to Florence in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Florence's first study of the classic Southern belle in Chapter 14?

2. What were the first stories Florence wrote in Chapter 16? What success did she meet?

3. What led to Florence's being asked to leave her sorority in Chapter 12?

4. What was Bres' reaction when Florence told her about her writing in Chapter 16? Why?

5. What about Miz Arvella's speech did Florence intend to analyze in Chapter 13?

6. Who helped Florence obtain a fellowship for graduate school in Chapter 12?

7. What did Florence discover in the library while working on applications for grants in Chapter 16?

8. How did Florence view the deep South in Chapter 13?

9. Where did the Grope go to drink in the end of Chapter 13?

10. Where did Bres and Florence go for Christmas in Chapter 15? What were Florence's impressions there?

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