View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?

2. Where does Lorene go to school?

3. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?

4. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

5. What does Lorene feel about the other white students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?

2. What does Lorene say she will miss about her high school?

3. What are Lorene's feelings about leaving her friends for St. Paul's?

4. What are Lorene's classmates doing, now?

5. When is the last chapter set?

6. Who is Mr. Evans, and what is his relationship with Lorene?

7. Who are the first people Lorene describes meeting?

8. Describe Lorene's interview at St. Paul's.

9. What does Mrs. Evans tell Lorene about St. Paul's?

10. In what way does Lorene say that St. Paul's was similar to American culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

W. E. B. Dubios describes the kingdom of culture as the place where people meet as souls and intellects, and he describes this place as free from race. Does Lorene develop a relationship with the kingdom of culture, and does she ever rise above race? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does Lorene change over the course of the book? What are the two or three biggest influences on Lorene's maturation? Which one was most influential? What influences did she resist?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Lorene's scale of values: what is most important to her, and what is least important, and why? What does this tell us about her character?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 681 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample