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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Herb buy and move into the living room in Chapter 2?
(a) A rollaway bed.
(b) A baby crib.
(c) A sofa set.
(d) A piano.

2. Where did Florence's father take her to teach her to read and write during the day in Chapter 3?
(a) The museum.
(b) His office.
(c) The schoolhouse.
(d) The library.

3. Where did Herb sign a lease on an apartment after Florence's family was evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) 1020 Monroe.
(b) 1230 14th Street.
(c) 1022 James.
(d) 90 Marks Ave.

4. Where was Herb King originally from?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. When did World War II begin?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1930.

6. What did Florence always refer to her father as?
(a) Jack.
(b) Herb.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Papa.

7. Florence's grandmother gave her an article from "Daughters" magazine about how God fashioned the Southern girl from all the wonders of His creation in celebration of what?
(a) Her first job.
(b) Her first menstruation.
(c) Her first date.
(d) Her college acceptance.

8. Who did Evelyn Cunningham fall in love with at first sight in Chapter 1?
(a) Herbert King.
(b) Larry Smith.
(c) Anderson King.
(d) Preston Hunt.

9. Where did Herb finally secure a job in Chapter 7?
(a) A sandwich shop.
(b) A bar.
(c) A music supply store.
(d) A government office.

10. What did Granny have Florence accompany her and Jensy attend on in Chapter 5?
(a) Political protests.
(b) War marches.
(c) Weddings and balls.
(d) Temporal acts of mercy.

11. In what grade did Florence begin studying French?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Eighth.

12. Who paraphrased Henry Adams in Chapter 6, saying "culturally impossible for the American woman to be feminine because she has no defining goddesses"?
(a) Florence.
(b) Granny.
(c) Herb.
(d) Mama.

13. What refers to an archetype for a young woman of the American Old South's upper class?
(a) Southern flora.
(b) Southern mirage.
(c) Southern broad.
(d) Southern belle.

14. In what year was Florence's Mama born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1936.

15. In the Prologue, the author states that what enjoy a generic recognition only in the South?
(a) Gentlemen.
(b) Ladies.
(c) The Aristocracy.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bedrooms did the apartment have which Herb signed a lease on after Florence's family was evicted from the apartment at Park Road?

2. What genre of literature is "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady"?

3. What did Mama begin teaching Florence in Chapter 5 which Granny objected to, saying the child would turn out warped?

4. When did Mama begin getting contractions in Chapter 2?

5. When did World War II end?

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