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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorene say, years later, has happened to the person she and her parents saw their first day at St. Paul's?
(a) She has moved on to a better position.
(b) He has moved back to his family in the Midwest.
(c) She has been widowed and become depressed.
(d) She has gotten married and been given a promotion.

2. Who is Mr. Dick?
(a) A housekeeper.
(b) A policeman.
(c) The admissions officer.
(d) A teacher at St. Paul's.

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

4. How long has it been, at the beginning of the book, since Lorene graduated from high school?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 1 year.

5. Who is Jimmy Hill?
(a) An admissions advisor.
(b) Another black student.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The Rector.

6. In which activity was Lorene NOT involved at school?
(a) Majorette.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Choir.
(d) School play.

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

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

9. What does Lorene say about black ice at the end of the novel?
(a) That she will keep her kids from skating on it.
(b) That she will teach her students to use it for their own good.
(c) That she has never skated on it.
(d) That she will save her students from having to learn how to drive on it by experience.

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

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

12. Where has Alma ended up, after graduation?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) St. Paul's.
(d) Watts.

13. How is Lorene portrayed in the summary of the novel?
(a) As a hard worker.
(b) As a trailblazer.
(c) As an exception to the rules.
(d) As a child of privilege.

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

15. Who has Lorene married since graduation?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) A white man.
(c) Ricky Lockhart.
(d) She has not married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lorene mortified in her religion class?

2. What does Lorene do at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

4. What is the scene where Black Ice begins?

5. How does Lorene interpret her dreams?

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