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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Archibald Cox talking about when he says "our kind of people"?
(a) Whites.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Educated northerners.
(d) Blacks.

2. What distinction does Lorene earn in winter term?
(a) She scores winning goals in two soccer games.
(b) She is elected captain of the soccer team.
(c) She takes first place in two of her classes.
(d) She is elected to student council.

3. What does Ricky Lockhart ask Lorene over the summer?
(a) To sleep with him.
(b) To visit him.
(c) To help him connect with another girl.
(d) To marry him.

4. To what student council position does Lorene get elected?
(a) President.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Vice-president.

5. Who is Ricky Lockhart?
(a) Lorene's study partner.
(b) Lorene's pen pal.
(c) Lorene's boyfriend.
(d) Lorene's admirer.

6. Where do the other black people work?
(a) On the sales floor.
(b) Behind the counter.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the cabins.

7. What change is marked by Lorene hitting her sister?
(a) She has treated her sister the way the cook at the diner treated her.
(b) She is no longer a child and playmate.
(c) She has stopped being family, and begun to be a stranger to her sister.
(d) She has internalized the violence of her white surroundings.

8. What is Lorene's response to marijuana when she smokes it?
(a) She likes feeling numb.
(b) She hates the fuzzy feeling of it.
(c) She hates it.
(d) She likes feeling out of control.

9. What is the significance of black ice for Lorene?
(a) She contrasts it to white ice.
(b) She slides on it treacherously.
(c) She falls on it and injures herself.
(d) She goes there to relax.

10. Who is Archibald Cox?
(a) A U.S. Special Prosecutor.
(b) A New Hampshire politician.
(c) The dean of St. Paul's.
(d) Lorene's English teacher.

11. What does Lorene decide while she is on the black ice?
(a) Not to accept less than the best she can do.
(b) Never to trust men.
(c) To make a lot of money.
(d) To write, not to study.

12. What does Lorene refuse to do when she visits Ricky Lockhart?
(a) Smoke marijuana.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sleep with him.
(d) Steal.

13. What does Lorene feel about smoking marijuana?
(a) She is disappointed because she had heard so much about it.
(b) She is angry at herself for betraying her family.
(c) She is glad to finally be experiencing something.
(d) She is unhappy and feels lost.

14. Where does Ricky Lockhart invite Lorene?
(a) To New York.
(b) To his parents' cabin.
(c) To his school.
(d) To his home.

15. Who realizes that Lorene is high?
(a) The other students.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her teachers.
(d) The dorm parent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lorene molested during her summer job?

2. What effect does Lorene's committee work have on her relation with St. Paul's?

3. What does Lorene pretend to do?

4. What is Grace's ethnicity?

5. What does Alma say years later was Lorene's relationship with her?

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