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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 did Florence's sorority sisters tease her about in Chapter 12?
(a) Her major.
(b) Her family.
(c) Marine camp.
(d) Her father.

2. What happened to all of Bres' belongings after her death?
(a) Florence took them.
(b) They were burned.
(c) They were given to an orphanage.
(d) They were donated to charity.

3. What did Florence obtain in order to avoid pregnancy in Chapter 12?
(a) A diaphram.
(b) A hysterectomy.
(c) Birth control pills.
(d) Condoms.

4. When did the Grope plan to make a liquor run in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

5. What was the group known as which had Bres as its leader?
(a) The Group.
(b) The Grump.
(c) The Grip.
(d) The Grope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Florence unable to transfer to another school to study French in Chapter 9?

2. What term refers to the automatic repetition of vocalizations made by another person?

3. What did Florence define as "a woman who worries about her femininity" in Chapter 12?

4. What university was suggested to Florence for graduate studies in Chapter 12?

5. Around what year was "Berenice" first performed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Florence feel about marriage in Chapter 11? What class was her favorite in college?

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

3. What did Herb tell Florence when she called home in Chapter 14?

4. How did Bres come about defining "virago" in Chapter 14?

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

6. What was Florence's first impression of her advisor in college?

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

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

9. What did Paula Hale inform Florence in Chapter 9? What was her reaction?

10. Why did Florence go to the gynecologist in Chapter 8? What happened?

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