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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Lorene say it is easiest to write?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) Race.
(c) Literature.
(d) Politics.

2. Where is Lorene from?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Trenton.

3. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?
(a) Whether competition will be fair.
(b) Who will advocate for her daughter.
(c) Who will teach her daughter to withstand white culture.
(d) Who will protect her daughter from the white students' insults.

4. When does Black Ice begin?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1989.

5. Where has Jimmy ended up, after graduation?
(a) New York.
(b) Selma.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position has Lorene occupied at St. Paul's?

3. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?

4. When is Chapter 1 set?

5. How has Lorene maintained her ties to St. Paul's?

(see the answer key)

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