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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lorene and her parents see at the meet and greet?
(a) Slides of the campus of St. Paul's.
(b) Alumni and faculty from St. Paul's.
(c) Images of St. Paul's teachers and students.
(d) Images of the library and academic buildings at St. Paul's.

2. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?
(a) Southern students.
(b) Black female students.
(c) Hispanic female students.
(d) Black male students for sports teams.

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

4. How does Lorene describe her parents?
(a) Humble mixed-race couple in their 40s.
(b) Ambitious black couple in their 30s.
(c) Protective adoptive white couple in their 40s.
(d) Devout black Quakers in their 30s.

5. What is Lorene's little sister's feeling about Lorene staying at St. Paul's for school?
(a) She is hysterical.
(b) She is a mixture of all kinds of emotions.
(c) She is glad to be free of her older sister.
(d) She is beaming with pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the opening scene remind Lorene?

2. When did Lorene start to write about her experiences at St. Paul's?

3. What change was made at St. Paul's in 1971?

4. How many kids does Lorene have?

5. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?

(see the answer key)

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