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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Pam Hudson?
(a) Another black student.
(b) A teacher.
(c) Lorene's roommate.
(d) One of the first girls to be admitted to St. Paul's.

3. What does Lorene say the other students do before Spring Break?
(a) Party.
(b) Buy bathing suits.
(c) Clean up their rooms.
(d) Study for midterms.

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

5. When does Lorene get mad?
(a) When people say that she will be white by the time she is done at St. Paul's.
(b) When people say that she can't do things because she is a girl.
(c) When people say that it doesn't matter what color people are.
(d) When people say that she can't do things because she is black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person Lorene and her parents see give Lorene?

2. How many High Honors does Lorene have in her first report card?

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

4. Who is Mrs. Evans?

5. What are Lorene's grades at the first mid-terms?

(see the answer key)

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