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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
2. To what junior high school did Florence transfer a year after she began attending?
3. Granny refused the idea of babies having tender stomachs and fed Florence various foods, including what in Chapter 3?
4. What did Florence's junior high school become a school for a year after she began attending?
5. Why was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Granny's idea of an unwarped female? How did she hope to make Florence one in Chapter 5?
2. What did Florence write about Granny inviting Jensy to live with them in Chapter 7?
3. Where did Herb and Mama set up house in Chapter 2? What did Granny think?
4. What led Florence's first teacher to suggest she skip Kindergarten B in Chapter 4?
5. How is Evelyn Cunningham described in Chapter 1? Why did she stay with Granny?
6. How is Mama described in her youth in Chapter 1?
7. How did Florence discover the purpose of the IQ test in Chapter 6?
8. How did Florence describe the summer of 1941 in Chapter 4?
9. How is Granny described in Chapters 1 and 2? What was her relationship with Mama like?
10. How did Florence and Granny react to Florence's first menstruation in Chapter 7? What literary figure did Florence become obsessed with at this time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the relationship between Granny and Florence in Florence's first years. How did Florence feel about Granny in Chapter 3?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the American University, and the expectations of women in career paths or marriage paths in the 1950s. How is this exemplified in the president's speech?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Granny (Lura Ruding nee Upton) and Jensy Custis in the narrative. What role did Granny play in Mama and Herb's life before Florence was born?
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