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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jimmy Hill?
(a) An admissions advisor.
(b) The Rector.
(c) Another black student.
(d) A teacher.

3. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?
(a) That they will always be servants and slaves.
(b) That they have been invited into a curriculum that transcends black and white.
(c) That they really own the school.
(d) That it is the white kids' school.

4. What theme is introduced into the book in Chapter 1?
(a) The need to let go of home.
(b) The need to keep close to home.
(c) The need to run as far from home as possible.
(d) The need to take home with you wherever you go.

5. From where is Jimmy Hill?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Maine.
(d) Brooklyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lorene interpret her dreams?

2. Who is Nana Hamilton?

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

4. Into what class is Lorene admitted?

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

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