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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Florence's second advisor suggest she write about in Chapter 13?
(a) Pippin the Short.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Anderson Swift.
(d) The Illiad.

2. Where did the ambulance take Evelyn to a hospital in Chapter 4?
(a) Fredericksburg.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Oxford.
(d) New Rochelle.

3. What did Florence want to write her thesis on in Chapter 13?
(a) The Fountainhead.
(b) Berenice.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Sarah James.

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

5. In what year was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Florence tell the school nurse she wanted to have in Chapter 8?

2. 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?

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

4. Whose presence was "destined to make the summer of 1941 a season that would live in imbecility" in Chapter 4?

5. In what month was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?

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