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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 Chapter 1 set?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1971.

2. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Washington Heights.
(c) The South Bronx.
(d) New Haven slums.

3. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?
(a) Learned about sex.
(b) Left her state.
(c) Lived away from her parents.
(d) Opened a checking account.

4. What does Lorene say about where her daughter will go to school?
(a) She'll have to decide for herself.
(b) She'll go to St. Paul's.
(c) She won't go to St. Paul's.
(d) She'll go to Phillips Exeter.

5. What does Lorene feel she has done, by getting into St. Paul's?
(a) Entered white society as an equal.
(b) Made her family happy.
(c) Betrayed her friends.
(d) Escaped from the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?

2. How is Lorene portrayed in the summary of the novel?

3. Who is Nana Hamilton?

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

5. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?

(see the answer key)

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