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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lorene work?
(a) A fish market.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A fast food restaurant.
(d) A gas station.

2. Where does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Lorene's high school.
(b) Lorene's grandparents' house.
(c) St. Paul's.
(d) Lorene's parents' house.

3. About what does Lorene say it is easiest to write?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) St. Paul's.
(d) Race.

4. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?
(a) Whether competition will be fair.
(b) Who will advocate for her daughter.
(c) Who will teach her daughter to withstand white culture.
(d) Who will protect her daughter from the white students' insults.

5. Where does Lorene go for the meet and greet with St. Paul's students?
(a) Germantown.
(b) New York.
(c) Yeadon.
(d) St. Paul's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?

2. What does Lorene say about black ice at the end of the novel?

3. What is the scene where Black Ice begins?

4. Where does Lorene go to school?

5. How has Lorene maintained her ties to St. Paul's?

(see the answer key)

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