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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Evans?
(a) Lorene's neighbor.
(b) Lorene's aunt.
(c) Lorene's boss.
(d) Lorene's teacher.

2. What does Lorene remember when Jimmy Hill talks about turning out St. Paul's?
(a) Her mother being discriminated against at a department store.
(b) Her teacher warning her against militarism.
(c) The pride she felt when her father held back a white mob.
(d) Her grandmother telling her to stay out of trouble.

3. For what does Mr. Dick say Lorene should be prepared at St. Paul's?
(a) Relentless work without breaks.
(b) Three hours of homework every night.
(c) Racism and condescension from her teachers.
(d) Competitiveness and even meanness in the students.

4. 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 keep her kids from skating on it.
(c) That she will save her students from having to learn how to drive on it by experience.
(d) That she has never skated on it.

5. What does Lorene feel about the other white students?
(a) She finds it hard to relate to them.
(b) She understands their prejudices.
(c) She feels like she becomes one of them.
(d) She loathes them and misses her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Lorene say it is easiest to write?

2. What does Lorene's housemaster tell her about grades?

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

4. Where is Lorene from?

5. Who is Annette Frazier?

(see the answer key)

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