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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Evans?
(a) Lorene's boss.
(b) Lorene's teacher.
(c) Lorene's neighbor.
(d) Lorene's aunt.

2. What does Lorene say about her education at St. Paul's?
(a) That she does not think it is a good start.
(b) That it is a waste of time.
(c) That it is indoctrinating her in an old ideology.
(d) That it is changing her feeling about her race.

3. Where does Lorene apply to college?
(a) Penn.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Berkeley.

4. What part of the interview surprised Lorene?
(a) The speed with which she was accepted.
(b) The nature of the questions.
(c) Her parents attend as well.
(d) The high intellectual standards of the questions.

5. What does Lorene say is the white teachers' feeling about black students?
(a) They hold them to higher standards, for their own good.
(b) They push they so they are armed with knowledge.
(c) They don't expect much.
(d) They hide important things from them, so they can protect their prejudices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Anthony Wade?

2. Who is Pam Hudson?

3. How is Lorene portrayed in the summary of the novel?

4. Who is Lee Bouton?

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

(see the answer key)

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