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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lorene interpret her dreams?
(a) As a warning not to befriend white girls.
(b) As a warning to remember who she is.
(c) As a warning to open her mouth only when she can speak facts.
(d) As a warning to stay inside her shell.

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

3. What is Lorene's little sister's feeling about Lorene staying at St. Paul's for school?
(a) She is glad to be free of her older sister.
(b) She is a mixture of all kinds of emotions.
(c) She is beaming with pride.
(d) She is hysterical.

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

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

6. Who are the wombats?
(a) The black students.
(b) The Hispanic students.
(c) Mentally retarded white kids.
(d) The school mascots.

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

8. When does Lorene get mad?
(a) When people say that she can't do things because she is black.
(b) When people say that it doesn't matter what color people are.
(c) When people say that she will be white by the time she is done at St. Paul's.
(d) When people say that she can't do things because she is a girl.

9. Where do Lorene and her parents pass through on their way to St. Paul's?
(a) The South Bronx.
(b) Washington Heights.
(c) Harlem.
(d) New Haven slums.

10. What question bothers Lorene on her religion exam?
(a) What Jesus wants from her.
(b) Whether Jesus was the son of God.
(c) Who Jesus is.
(d) What Jesus' role in her life is.

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

12. What is the scene where Black Ice begins?
(a) Summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard.
(b) The day before Christmas break.
(c) The first day of school.
(d) Graduation.

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

14. What has changed about Lorene's mother at Parents Day?
(a) Her brand of cigarette.
(b) Her hair style.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her speech.

15. What does Lorene remember when Jimmy Hill talks about turning out St. Paul's?
(a) Her grandmother telling her to stay out of trouble.
(b) The pride she felt when her father held back a white mob.
(c) Her teacher warning her against militarism.
(d) Her mother being discriminated against at a department store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Evans' husband?

2. What did Lorene's mother say she had not done until after she was married?

3. What is St. Paul's looking for, in 1971?

4. About what does Lorene say it is hardest to write?

5. What does Lorene's housemaster tell her about grades?

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