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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene's housemaster tell her about grades?
(a) That she is about to fail out.
(b) That she needs to work harder.
(c) That she needs to improve.
(d) That she is doing fine.

2. Where do Lorene's parents move at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Trenton.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Wilmington.

3. Why does Lorene refuse to travel to California?
(a) She does not believe she can get into Berkeley.
(b) The school will not allow her time off.
(c) Her mother is sick.
(d) She cannot afford it.

4. Of what does the opening scene remind Lorene?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her parents' house in South Carolina.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her own time as a student.

5. About what does Lorene say it is easiest to write?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) St. Paul's.
(d) Race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lorene describe the black kids she meets at St. Paul's?

2. What does Lorene say the black kids at St. Paul's think?

3. Who is Grace?

4. Why is Lorene not happy with the award she receives?

5. What does Ricky Lockhart ask Lorene over the summer?

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