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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Lorene describe her parents?
(a) Humble mixed-race couple in their 40s.
(b) Protective adoptive white couple in their 40s.
(c) Devout black Quakers in their 30s.
(d) Ambitious black couple in their 30s.

3. Who do Lorene and her family see when they wake up at Scudder House?
(a) A housekeeper.
(b) A student.
(c) An admissions officer.
(d) A policeman.

4. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?
(a) He has moved back to his family in the Midwest.
(b) She has moved on to a better position.
(c) She has been widowed and become depressed.
(d) She has gotten married and been given a promotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lorene go to school?

2. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?

3. How long has it been, at the beginning of the book, since Lorene graduated from high school?

4. What does Lorene feel she has done, by getting into St. Paul's?

5. Where does Lorene go for the meet and greet with St. Paul's students?

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