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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene think about when she is on the ice?
(a) Things her father told her about white people.
(b) Things her mother told her about sex.
(c) Things she learned from Ricky Lockhart.
(d) Promises Jimmy Hill made to her.

2. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?
(a) That they do not take care of their people.
(b) That they are brilliant in the arts but slow academically.
(c) That they cannot be taught.
(d) That they are lazy and slovenly.

3. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?
(a) Opened a checking account.
(b) Learned about sex.
(c) Lived away from her parents.
(d) Left her state.

4. When is the conclusion set?
(a) At a hotel in New York.
(b) At Lorene's 15th reunion.
(c) At Lorene's daughter's graduation.
(d) At Lorene's wedding.

5. Who is Grace?
(a) Lorene's roommate.
(b) Lorene's pen pal.
(c) Lorene's study partner.
(d) Lorene's teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?

2. When is Chapter 1 set?

3. What does Lorene say people thought about the first black teacher at St. Paul's?

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

5. What does Lorene remember when Jimmy Hill talks about turning out St. Paul's?

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