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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lorene?
(a) The main character's mother.
(b) The main character's friend.
(c) The main character of Black Ice.
(d) The main character's daughter.

2. What does Lorene's mother tacitly offer to her?
(a) Resources for an abortion if necessary.
(b) Money for a return ticket if she is miserable at St. Paul's.
(c) Suggestions on marrying rich white boys.
(d) Advice about getting on the boys' good side.

3. Where do Lorene and her parents visit first when they arrive at St. Paul's?
(a) The library.
(b) The Rectory.
(c) The field house.
(d) The dormitory.

4. How long has Lorene been teaching, at the beginning of the book?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 9 years.

5. About what does Lorene say she wants to start a discussion?
(a) Growing up black in America.
(b) America's ideas about workers' rights.
(c) The history of slavery in the North.
(d) Modern ideas about women's rights.

6. What does Lorene do after getting into St. Paul's?
(a) Take on volunteer projects.
(b) Go out with white boys.
(c) Begins to affect a New England accent.
(d) Throws herself into school life.

7. What does Lorene say going to St. Paul's would make Nana Hamilton feel?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Proud.
(d) Guilty.

8. Into what class is Lorene admitted?
(a) Class of 1974.
(b) Class of 1978.
(c) Class of 1968.
(d) Class of 1989.

9. Who is Mrs. Evans' husband?
(a) A teacher at St. Paul's.
(b) The first black man on the staff of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
(c) A student at St. Paul's.
(d) Lorene's boss.

10. What does Lorene say about what her daughter's experience of school is likely to be?
(a) It would be very similar to hers.
(b) It would be the same experience all black students had in white schools.
(c) It would be different from hers.
(d) It would be a new experience in human history.

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

12. How often do the students have assigned tables for meals?
(a) Five days a week.
(b) Seven days a week.
(c) Two days a week.
(d) Four days a week.

13. What does Lorene feel about the other white students?
(a) She finds it hard to relate to them.
(b) She feels like she becomes one of them.
(c) She understands their prejudices.
(d) She loathes them and misses her family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorene feel about the other students by November?

2. What does Lorene's mother say was unfair about the science fair in which Lorene was entered?

3. What has Mr. Evans given to Lorene?

4. Who has Lorene married since graduation?

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

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