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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 she likes about her sport?

2. Who is Ricky Lockhart?

3. What is Lorene's response to what happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?

4. Who realizes that Lorene is high?

5. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does sitting on the Disciplinary Committee change Lorene?

2. What is Lorene's experience on the black ice?

3. How has Lorene changed between her first year and her final year?

4. Describe Lorene's friendship with Janie Saunders.

5. Describe Lorene's rendezvous with Ricky Lockhart at his school.

6. What is Lorene's experience of drugs like?

7. What does black ice symbolize?

8. Describe Lorene's friendship with India.

9. Describe Lorene's visit to Ricky Lockhart in New York.

10. Describe Ricky Lockhart's visit to St. Paul's.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the only times we see Lorene afraid is when she fears she is pregnant. What would being pregnant mean for her, or for her mother?

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

Evaluate your own reading of Black Ice--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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