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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?
(a) Teachers judged Lorene's work by a different standard.
(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 made exceptions for white students but not for Lorene.

2. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?
(a) It would be a new experience in human history.
(b) It would be the same experience all black students had in white schools.
(c) It would be very similar to hers.
(d) It would be different from hers.

3. Who is Mrs. Evans' husband?
(a) The first black man on the staff of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
(b) A teacher at St. Paul's.
(c) Lorene's boss.
(d) A student at St. Paul's.

4. What is Lorene impressed by at the location of the meet and greet?
(a) Philadelphia's racial tension.
(b) Yeadon's dinginess.
(c) Germantown's cobblestone streets.
(d) New York's filth.

5. What position has Lorene occupied at St. Paul's?
(a) Loan officer.
(b) Admissions officer.
(c) Trustee.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene say about where her daughter will go to school?

2. Who is Mr. Dick?

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

4. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?

5. Into what class is Lorene admitted?

(see the answer key)

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