Chapter Five Summary

In Chapter Five, Lorene begins to dream old dreams in first term at St. Paul's. She dreams of teddy bears dancing around her. The dream warns her to beware of making friends with the white girls. Girls come and go in her room. She finds them hard to relate to. They say stupid things. Lorene gets mad when they say it does not matter if someone is black, white, green or purple. She also gets mad when one white girl says she wonders what it is like to be with a black boy. The other girls giggle. The white girl says this is why they do not say anything because Lorene gets mad.

In the middle of the term, pre-grades come out. They show a student how s/he is doing. Lorene only gets two Honors and three High Passes. She...