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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theme is introduced into the book in Chapter 1?
(a) The need to let go of home.
(b) The need to take home with you wherever you go.
(c) The need to run as far from home as possible.
(d) The need to keep close to home.

2. What change was made at St. Paul's in 1971?
(a) It started an Affirmative Action program.
(b) It went gone co-ed.
(c) It started to transition to being an all-black school.
(d) It started to accept blacks.

3. What does Lorene feel about her religion class?
(a) She is bored by it.
(b) She is enthralled by it.
(c) She resents it.
(d) She loves it.

4. How often do the students have assigned tables for meals?
(a) Four days a week.
(b) Seven days a week.
(c) Five days a week.
(d) Two days a week.

5. What part of the interview surprised Lorene?
(a) The nature of the questions.
(b) The high intellectual standards of the questions.
(c) The speed with which she was accepted.
(d) Her parents attend as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy Hill mean when he says that he and Lorene will 'turn out' St. Paul's?

2. What does Lorene say going to St. Paul's would make Nana Hamilton feel?

3. Who is Lorene?

4. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?

5. Who is Jimmy Hill?

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