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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is Chapter 1 set?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1971.

3. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?
(a) Suggestions on marrying rich white boys.
(b) Money for a return ticket if she is miserable at St. Paul's.
(c) Advice about getting on the boys' good side.
(d) Resources for an abortion if necessary.

4. 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.

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

6. What does Lorene say is the white teachers' feeling about black students?
(a) They hold them to higher standards, for their own good.
(b) They don't expect much.
(c) They push they so they are armed with knowledge.
(d) They hide important things from them, so they can protect their prejudices.

7. What is it about the Puerto Rican boy that makes Lorene's mother furious?
(a) His attitude.
(b) His smell.
(c) His language.
(d) His snobbery.

8. What does Lorene feel about the other students by November?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Awed.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Bored.

9. Where do Lorene and her parents visit first when they arrive at St. Paul's?
(a) The field house.
(b) The Rectory.
(c) The library.
(d) The dormitory.

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

11. When does Black Ice begin?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1989.

12. Into what class is Lorene admitted?
(a) Class of 1989.
(b) Class of 1974.
(c) Class of 1968.
(d) Class of 1978.

13. How does Lorene describe her parents?
(a) Humble mixed-race couple in their 40s.
(b) Protective adoptive white couple in their 40s.
(c) Ambitious black couple in their 30s.
(d) Devout black Quakers in their 30s.

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

15. Who do Lorene and her family see when they wake up at Scudder House?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A student.
(c) A housekeeper.
(d) An admissions officer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the person Lorene and her parents see give Lorene?

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

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