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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. Price?
(a) A black professional.
(b) The admissions officer for St. Paul's.
(c) A black teacher.
(d) The president of St. Paul's.

2. What stereotypes does Lorene hear about black people?
(a) That they are lazy and slovenly.
(b) That they are brilliant in the arts but slow academically.
(c) That they cannot be taught.
(d) That they do not take care of their people.

3. When does Black Ice begin?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1974.

4. What does Jimmy Hill mean when he says that he and Lorene will 'turn out' St. Paul's?
(a) They will show what it means to have soul.
(b) They will get in as much trouble as possible without being thrown out.
(c) They will stand up to the whites.
(d) They will find the classiest places to hang out.

5. When did Lorene start to write about her experiences at St. Paul's?
(a) When she saw that her experience had things in common with Native Americans.
(b) When she saw those experiences as different from black life in America.
(c) When she saw those experiences as similar to white experiences in America.
(d) When she saw her experiences as similar to other workers' experiences in America.

6. Where does Lorene go to school?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) Yale.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Philips Exeter.

7. How does Lorene describe the black kids she meets at St. Paul's?
(a) Militant.
(b) White-looking.
(c) Africanized.
(d) Subdued.

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

9. What has Mr. Evans given to Lorene?
(a) A journal.
(b) A typewriter.
(c) An expensive fountain pen.
(d) A book.

10. In what way is Jimmy Hill notable to Lorene?
(a) He is very fat.
(b) He is very thin.
(c) He is very militant.
(d) He is very tall.

11. From where is Jimmy Hill?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Maine.
(d) Alabama.

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

13. How many kids does Lorene have?
(a) One son and two daughters.
(b) One daughter.
(c) One son.
(d) Two daughters.

14. What does Lorene say people thought about the first black teacher at St. Paul's?
(a) People hated him.
(b) People were afraid of him.
(c) People hounded him out of his job.
(d) People loved him.

15. Who is Mrs. Evans?
(a) Lorene's teacher.
(b) Lorene's boss.
(c) Lorene's neighbor.
(d) Lorene's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the interview surprised Lorene?

2. What is the outcome of Lorene's call to St. Paul's?

3. Who is Annette Frazier?

4. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?

5. What does Lorene say St. Paul's effect on her was?

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