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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene say St. Paul's effect on her was?
(a) It kept her in her black skin.
(b) It let her become comfortable in her black skin.
(c) It prepared her for being an adult, married woman.
(d) It let her escape her race while she was getting an education.

2. Who is Lorene?
(a) The main character of Black Ice.
(b) The main character's daughter.
(c) The main character's mother.
(d) The main character's friend.

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

4. Of what does the opening scene remind Lorene?
(a) Her own time as a student.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her parents' house in South Carolina.

5. What is just ending for Lorene at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Her term as a trustee.
(b) Her time in school.
(c) Her daughter's time in school.
(d) Her teaching career.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Jimmy ended up, after graduation?

2. Who is Mrs. Evans' husband?

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. How long has Lorene been teaching, at the beginning of the book?

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