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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lorene's response to what happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?
(a) She elicits a marriage proposal from Ricky Lockhart.
(b) She offers herself to Ricky Lockhart body and soul.
(c) She panics, in fear of pregnancy.
(d) She almost reports him to the police.

2. What does Lorene say she likes about her sport?
(a) The teamwork.
(b) The speed.
(c) The thrill of victory.
(d) Watching the scenery.

3. What has changed for Lorene by Chapter 10?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is more comfortable with the school rituals.
(c) She is living with her parents.
(d) She is class president.

4. 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.

5. What does Lorene think about when she is on the ice?
(a) Things she learned from Ricky Lockhart.
(b) Things her father told her about white people.
(c) Things her mother told her about sex.
(d) Promises Jimmy Hill made to her.

6. Why was Booker embarrassed on his date with Lorene?
(a) He drank too much and threw up.
(b) He didn't have enough money.
(c) He spilled drinks on himself.
(d) He couldn't think of things to talk about.

7. What arrangement did Lorene make for Ricky Lockhart's visit?
(a) She snuck him into her room.
(b) She found a room in the boy's dorm where he could stay with a friend of hers.
(c) She found him an empty bed.
(d) She made him sleep outside.

8. What is Lorene's view about getting the man fired who molested her?
(a) He fired himself with inappropriate behavior.
(b) He might have been a victim in his own right, but that didn't give him the right to abuse her.
(c) He had it coming from other acts of molestation.
(d) He deserved more punishment than he got.

9. What does Lorene want from her education?
(a) Skills it takes years to learn.
(b) A husband.
(c) Good contacts.
(d) A boyfriend.

10. In what year of high school is Lorene in in Chapter 10?
(a) Junior year.
(b) Freshman year.
(c) Senior year.
(d) Sophomore year.

11. What does Lorene say the other students do before Spring Break?
(a) Party.
(b) Clean up their rooms.
(c) Study for midterms.
(d) Buy bathing suits.

12. What are white students anxious to disown, according to Lorene?
(a) The progress they took for granted.
(b) The expectation of conventional success.
(c) The sins of their grandparents.
(d) The wealth they inherited.

13. How does Jimmy make up for his theft?
(a) By volunteering for a day.
(b) By making a donation to the school.
(c) With a public sculpture.
(d) With a day of dancing.

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

15. What does Lorene feel about the sport she chooses for spring?
(a) She comes to loathe it.
(b) She does not hate it.
(c) She is passionate about it.
(d) She masters it quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during Ricky Lockhart's visit?

2. Why does Lorene refuse to travel to California?

3. What was Lorene's worst subject?

4. How does Lorene describe Anthony Wade's race?

5. How does Lorene describe Ms. Clinton?

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