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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction does Lorene earn in winter term?
(a) She is elected to student council.
(b) She is elected captain of the soccer team.
(c) She scores winning goals in two soccer games.
(d) She takes first place in two of her classes.

2. To what student council position does Lorene get elected?
(a) President.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Vice-president.

3. What does Lorene feel about smoking marijuana?
(a) She is angry at herself for betraying her family.
(b) She is glad to finally be experiencing something.
(c) She is disappointed because she had heard so much about it.
(d) She is unhappy and feels lost.

4. Where was Lorene molested during her summer job?
(a) In the art cabin.
(b) In the store room.
(c) In the freezer.
(d) In the office.

5. What is Lorene starting to do at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Preach forgiveness to black students.
(b) Tutor black students.
(c) Teach classes of her own.
(d) Agitate for more freedoms for black students.

6. What was Lorene's worst subject?
(a) Science.
(b) Calculus.
(c) English.
(d) History.

7. What does Lorene feel about the sport she chooses for spring?
(a) She comes to loathe it.
(b) She is passionate about it.
(c) She does not hate it.
(d) She masters it quickly.

8. What does Lorene refuse to do when she visits Ricky Lockhart?
(a) Steal.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sleep with him.
(d) Smoke marijuana.

9. With what does Lorene return to St. Paul's in Chapter 6?
(a) Better study techniques.
(b) A bad reputation.
(c) Definite goals.
(d) Insecurities.

10. What does Ricky Lockhart ask Lorene over the summer?
(a) To sleep with him.
(b) To marry him.
(c) To help him connect with another girl.
(d) To visit him.

11. What does Lorene decide while she is on the black ice?
(a) To make a lot of money.
(b) To write, not to study.
(c) Not to accept less than the best she can do.
(d) Never to trust men.

12. Why does Lorene refuse to travel to California?
(a) Her mother is sick.
(b) The school will not allow her time off.
(c) She does not believe she can get into Berkeley.
(d) She cannot afford it.

13. Who realizes that Lorene is high?
(a) Her teachers.
(b) The dorm parent.
(c) The other students.
(d) Her parents.

14. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?
(a) Energetic and fun.
(b) Intense and brutally intelligent.
(c) Pensive and poetic.
(d) Supportive and maternal.

15. What is Lorene's view about how blacks should address inequality in American culture?
(a) She believes they should invest in education.
(b) She believes they should negotiate non-violently.
(c) She believes they should fight.
(d) She believes they should focus on economic stability and prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lorene describe Alma Howard?

2. Why was Booker embarrassed on his date with Lorene?

3. Who is Archibald Cox talking about when he says "our kind of people"?

4. What are white students anxious to disown, according to Lorene?

5. What happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?

(see the answer keys)

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