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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?
(a) That they are lazy and slovenly.
(b) That they cannot be taught.
(c) That they do not take care of their people.
(d) That they are brilliant in the arts but slow academically.

5. What are Lorene's feelings about her classmates?
(a) She feels left out.
(b) She feels like the pride of her school.
(c) She feels persecuted.
(d) She feels like a mascot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lorene work?

2. What does Lorene say her feelings about calling St. Paul's were?

3. Where does Chapter 1 take place?

4. What does Lorene say about where her daughter will go to school?

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

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