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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 has never skated on it.
(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.

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

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

4. How long has it been, at the beginning of the book, since Lorene graduated from high school?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 6 years.

5. What does Lorene say life at St. Paul's resembles for black students?
(a) Life in modern times.
(b) Life in the North.
(c) Life in America.
(d) Life as a worker in a capitalist economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Hill?

2. How often do the students have assigned tables for meals?

3. What is Lorene's little sister's feeling about Lorene staying at St. Paul's for school?

4. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?

5. What is the scene where Black Ice begins?

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