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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene's mother ask at the meet and greet?
(a) Who will protect her daughter from the white students' insults.
(b) Who will advocate for her daughter.
(c) Who will teach her daughter to withstand white culture.
(d) Whether competition will be fair.

2. What does Lorene want from her education?
(a) Skills it takes years to learn.
(b) A husband.
(c) Good contacts.
(d) A boyfriend.

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

4. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?
(a) Race.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Family.
(d) School.

5. What part of the interview surprised Lorene?
(a) The speed with which she was accepted.
(b) Her parents attend as well.
(c) The nature of the questions.
(d) The high intellectual standards of the questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Grace?

2. What does Lorene say she looks forward to as part of her committee work?

3. Who is Jimmy Hill?

4. Where does Chapter 1 take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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