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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?
(a) That they do not take care of their people.
(b) That they are lazy and slovenly.
(c) That they are brilliant in the arts but slow academically.
(d) That they cannot be taught.
2. What does Lorene say everyone says about her education at St. Paul's?
(a) That she has a good start.
(b) That she is not learning anything.
(c) That she is getting a master-class education.
(d) That she is getting a useless education.
3. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?
(a) She has moved on to a better position.
(b) She has gotten married and been given a promotion.
(c) She has been widowed and become depressed.
(d) He has moved back to his family in the Midwest.
4. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?
(a) Teachers made exceptions for white students but not for Lorene.
(b) Lorene's teachers made so many allowances for her that the competition wasn't fair.
(c) Teachers asked Lorene to participate in order to humiliate her.
(d) Teachers judged Lorene's work by a different standard.
5. Who is Mr. Price?
(a) A black professional.
(b) The admissions officer for St. Paul's.
(c) The president of St. Paul's.
(d) A black teacher.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?
2. What lie does Lorene tell Mr. Dick?
3. Who is Jimmy Hill?
4. What does Lorene feel about smoking marijuana?
5. Who is Mrs. Evans' husband?
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