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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lorene and her parents see at the meet and greet?
(a) Slides of the campus of St. Paul's.
(b) Alumni and faculty from St. Paul's.
(c) Images of St. Paul's teachers and students.
(d) Images of the library and academic buildings at St. Paul's.

2. Where does Lorene go to school?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) Philips Exeter.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Yale.

3. Who are the wombats?
(a) The black students.
(b) The Hispanic students.
(c) Mentally retarded white kids.
(d) The school mascots.

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

5. What does Lorene say going to St. Paul's would make Nana Hamilton feel?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Lorene's feelings about her classmates?

2. Who do Lorene and her family see when they wake up at Scudder House?

3. How does Lorene describe the black kids she meets at St. Paul's?

4. What does Lorene say about her parents with regard to her going to school?

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

(see the answer key)

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