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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ricky Lockhart's visit a problem?
(a) Because he burst in by force.
(b) Because she had told him not to come.
(c) Because he arrived a night early.
(d) Because he arrived by surprise.

2. About what can Lorene talk to India?
(a) Politics.
(b) Her anxieties.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) How crazy white people can be.

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

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

5. Who is Ms. Clinton?
(a) A black Spanish teacher.
(b) A black crew coach.
(c) A Hispanic math tutor.
(d) A white English teacher.

6. What is Lorene's problem with Archibald Cox's conversation over dinner?
(a) He has contempt for Northerners.
(b) He is condescending toward women's issues.
(c) He does not address black concerns at all.
(d) He is dismissive of racial equality.

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

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

9. What are Lorene's feelings about Ricky Lockhart?
(a) She does not want to be with him.
(b) She helps him pass his English class.
(c) She wants to help him find a nice wife.
(d) She is thrilled to marry him.

10. How does Lorene characterize her relationship with her mother?
(a) Her mother is a coat she has outgrown.
(b) Her mother is her other half.
(c) Her mother is an obstacle she has cleared.
(d) Her mother is a nest from which she has flown.

11. How many High Honors does Lorene have in her first report card?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

13. What is Lorene starting to do at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Tutor black students.
(b) Teach classes of her own.
(c) Preach forgiveness to black students.
(d) Agitate for more freedoms for black students.

14. What does Lorene pretend to do?
(a) Fail her classes.
(b) Sleep with boys.
(c) Smoke pot.
(d) Drink.

15. Where does Lorene apply to college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Penn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Annette?

2. What does Lorene say she looks forward to as part of her committee work?

3. What does Lorene's teacher tell her about her worst subject?

4. What is the staff's reaction when Lorene tells what happened, and gets the man fired who molested her?

5. What does Lorene say the other students do before Spring Break?

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