View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pam Hudson?
(a) Another black student.
(b) A teacher.
(c) Lorene's roommate.
(d) One of the first girls to be admitted to St. Paul's.

2. What is Lorene impressed by at the location of the meet and greet?
(a) Yeadon's dinginess.
(b) Philadelphia's racial tension.
(c) New York's filth.
(d) Germantown's cobblestone streets.

3. Why is Lorene mortified in her religion class?
(a) Because she is late to class after having gotten lost.
(b) Because the reverend relates her comment that this class will be a waste of time.
(c) Because she had not gotten the assignment and had not done the reading.
(d) Because she does not know the answer to the reverend's question about Unitarianism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Black Ice begin?

2. How long has Lorene been teaching, at the beginning of the book?

3. Who is Jimmy Hill?

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

5. What does Lorene say her feelings about calling St. Paul's were?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lorene's classmates doing, now?

2. Who is Mr. Evans, and what is his relationship with Lorene?

3. Where is Black Ice set?

4. In what way does Lorene say that St. Paul's was similar to American culture?

5. Who is Lorene Carey and what brings her to this setting?

6. Describe Lorene's experience of the Afro-Am.

7. Describe Lorene and her parents' arrival at St. Paul's.

8. Who are the wombats and what is their role in the novel?

9. What is Lorene doing now?

10. How does Lorene say St. Paul's affected her life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 632 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample