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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Lorene say about black ice at the end of the novel?
(a) That she has never skated on it.
(b) That she will teach her students to use it for their own good.
(c) That she will save her students from having to learn how to drive on it by experience.
(d) That she will keep her kids from skating on it.

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

5. What does Lorene say about her parents with regard to her going to school?
(a) They were afraid for her to go south.
(b) They knew what kinds of sacrifices they were making for her education.
(c) They were afraid for her to go north.
(d) They didn't have any idea what they were getting into.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

2. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?

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

4. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?

5. How many kids does Lorene have?

(see the answer key)

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