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

2. When did World War II end?

3. What did Granny have Florence accompany her and Jensy attend on in Chapter 5?

4. What refers to the generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred of the human species or human nature?

5. Granny refused the idea of babies having tender stomachs and fed Florence various foods, including what in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Florence write about Granny inviting Jensy to live with them in Chapter 7?

2. What was the relationship between Mama and Herb like after Florence was born? How did Florence relate to Herb?

3. How did Florence describe the summer of 1941 in Chapter 4?

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

5. 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?

6. Why did Mama date Preston Hunt? Who did she date afterward?

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

8. How is Evelyn Cunningham described in Chapter 1? Why did she stay with Granny?

9. How was the role of religion in the King household described in Chapter 3?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the settings of Memphis and Oxford, Mississippi, in the narrative. How do these settings differ from those in Florence's childhood?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Florence's relationship with Larry in Chapter 10. Why did Florence seek to date Larry? Why did they break up?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of sexuality, gender and misanthropy in the text. How did Florence form a misanthropic view during her childhood and why?

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