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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 university did Florence attend for her undergraduate degree?

2. Where did Florence go on her first date with her lab partner in Chapter 10?

3. What refers to the membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening?

4. What happened to all of Bres' belongings after her death?

5. Who was the head of the French Department in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Florence's understanding of sexuality in high school in Chapter 8?

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

6. What led Florence to study for the Marines in Chapter 11?

7. How did Florence feel about Bres upon returning from the Christmas holidays in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Florence's views of sexuality in high school in Chapter 8. How common was it for young women to be uneducated in the ways of sex at this time?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the role of religion in the King household in Chapter 3. How did Florence's beliefs form from these disparate beliefs?

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