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

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 keep close to home.
(d) The need to run as far from home as possible.

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

3. How does Lorene interpret her dreams?
(a) As a warning to open her mouth only when she can speak facts.
(b) As a warning to stay inside her shell.
(c) As a warning to remember who she is.
(d) As a warning not to befriend white girls.

4. What does Lorene say her feelings about calling St. Paul's were?
(a) Shame.
(b) Humility.
(c) Nervousness.
(d) Pride.

5. Why do the white girls say that they don't say anything around Lorene?
(a) Because she accuses them of being racist.
(b) Because she gets mad.
(c) Because she is so naïve.
(d) Because she is so innocent.

6. What is the outcome of Lorene's call to St. Paul's?
(a) She agrees to meet an alumnus to talk about St. Paul's.
(b) She has an application sent to her house.
(c) She arranges a campus visit.
(d) She sets up a meeting.

7. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?
(a) Opened a checking account.
(b) Learned about sex.
(c) Left her state.
(d) Lived away from her parents.

8. What has changed about Lorene's mother at Parents Day?
(a) Her speech.
(b) Her clothing.
(c) Her brand of cigarette.
(d) Her hair style.

9. What question bothers Lorene on her religion exam?
(a) What Jesus' role in her life is.
(b) Who Jesus is.
(c) Whether Jesus was the son of God.
(d) What Jesus wants from her.

10. How has Lorene maintained her ties to St. Paul's?
(a) She worked as an alumni liaison.
(b) She worked there as an admissions officer.
(c) She taught writing there.
(d) She worked there in the cafeteria.

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

12. How many kids does Lorene have?
(a) Two daughters.
(b) One son.
(c) One son and two daughters.
(d) One daughter.

13. Who is Nana Hamilton?
(a) Lorene's mother.
(b) Lorene's friend.
(c) Lorene's teacher.
(d) Lorene's grandmother.

14. Of what does the opening scene remind Lorene?
(a) Her parents' house in South Carolina.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her own time as a student.

15. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?
(a) The South Bronx.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Washington Heights.
(d) New Haven slums.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change was made at St. Paul's in 1971?

2. What does Lorene say is the white teachers' feeling about black students?

3. Who is Mr. Dick?

4. In what way is Jimmy Hill notable to Lorene?

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

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