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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?
(a) Black male students for sports teams.
(b) Southern students.
(c) Hispanic female students.
(d) Black female students.

4. Where does Lorene go to school?
(a) Cornell.
(b) St. Paul's.
(c) Yale.
(d) Philips Exeter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What change was made at St. Paul's in 1971?

3. How many kids does Lorene have?

4. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?

5. What does Lorene say about black ice at the end of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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